Text: HF02066 Text: HF02068 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 607A.5, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 607A.5 AUTOMATIC EXCUSE FROM JURY SERVICE. 1 4 A person shall be excused from jury service if the person 1 5 submits written documentation verifying, to the court's 1 6 satisfaction, that the person is solely responsible for the 1 7 daily care of a person with a permanent disability living in 1 8 the person's household and that the performance of juror 1 9 service would cause substantial risk of injury to the health 1 10 of the person with a disability, that the person is age 1 11 seventy or older, or that the person is the mother of a 1 12 breastfed child and is responsible for the daily care of the 1 13 child. However, if the person is regularly employed at a 1 14 location other than the person's household, the person shall 1 15 not be excused under this section. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill provides that a person age 70 or older shall be 1 18 automatically excused from jury duty upon submission of 1 19 written documentation to the court verifying the person's age. 1 20 LSB 5759YH 78 1 21 ec/gg/8
Text: HF02066 Text: HF02068 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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