Bill Text: IN HB1103 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Jury service exemption for breastfeeding mothers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-25 - Representative Barnes added as coauthor [HB1103 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1103-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 33-28-5-18.
Synopsis: Jury service exemption for breastfeeding mothers. Provides
that a mother breastfeeding a child shall be exempted from jury service
if the mother notifies the jury administrator that she is breastfeeding a
child and wishes to be exempted from jury service.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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(b) A prospective juror is disqualified to serve on a jury if any of the following conditions exist:
(1) The person is not a citizen of the United States, at least eighteen (18) years of age, and a resident of the county.
(2) The person is unable to read, speak, and understand the English language with a degree of proficiency sufficient to fill out
satisfactorily a juror qualification form.
(3) The person is incapable of rendering satisfactory jury service
due to physical or mental disability. However, a person claiming
this disqualification may be required to submit a physician's or
authorized Christian Science practitioner's certificate confirming
the disability, and the certifying physician or practitioner is then
subject to inquiry by the court at the court's discretion.
(4) A guardian has been appointed for the person under IC 29-3
because the person has a mental incapacity.
(5) The person has had the right to vote revoked by reason of a
felony conviction and the right has not been restored.
(c) A person scheduled to appear for jury service has the right to
defer the date of the person's initial appearance for jury service one (1)
time upon a showing of hardship, extreme inconvenience, or necessity.
The court shall grant a prospective juror's request for deferral if the
following conditions are met:
(1) The prospective juror has not previously been granted a
deferral.
(2) The prospective juror requests a deferral by contacting the
jury administrator:
(A) by telephone;
(B) by electronic mail;
(C) in writing; or
(D) in person.
(3) The prospective juror selects another date on which the
prospective juror will appear for jury service that is:
(A) not more than one (1) year after the date upon which the
prospective juror was originally scheduled to appear; and
(B) a date when the court will be in session.
(4) The court determines that the prospective juror has
demonstrated that a deferral is necessary due to:
(A) hardship;
(B) extreme inconvenience; or
(C) necessity.
(d) A prospective juror who is at least seventy-five (75) years of age
may be exempted from jury service if the prospective juror notifies the
jury administrator that the prospective juror is at least seventy-five (75)
years of age and wishes to be exempted from jury service.
(e) A prospective juror who is a mother breastfeeding a child
shall be exempted from jury service if the prospective juror notifies
the jury administrator that the prospective juror is a mother
breastfeeding a child and wishes to be exempted from jury service.
