Bill Text: PA SB627 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In juries and jurors, further providing for exemptions from jury duty.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-16 - Referred to JUDICIARY [SB627 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB627-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 672
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 627 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WAUGH, FONTANA, FERLO, ERICKSON, ALLOWAY, O'PAKE, WARD AND EARLL, MARCH 16, 2009
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 16, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors,
further providing for exemptions from jury duty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4503(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 4503. Exemptions from jury duty.
(a) General rule.--No person shall be exempt or excused from
jury duty except the following:
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(5) Judges and magisterial district judges of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and judges of the United States
as defined in 28 U.S.C. § 451 (relating to definitions).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.