Report Title:

Service as Juror; Exemption

Description:

Exempts from jury service persons who live great distances from the court for which jury service is required.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

818

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO COURTS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 612-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§612-6 Exempt when. [(a) No person shall be authorized to claim an exemption from service as a juror in the courts of the first circuit from January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1990, and in the courts of all circuits, other than the first circuit from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 1991.

(b) From January 1, 1991, for the courts of the first circuit, and from January 1, 1992, for all other circuits of the State, a] A person may claim exemption from service as a juror if the person [is]:

(1) [An] Is an attorney at law;

(2) [A] Is the head of an executive department, an elected official, or a judge, of the United States, State, or county;

(3) [A] Is a minister or priest following the minister's or priest's profession;

(4) [A] Is a practicing physician or dentist;

(5) [A] Is a member of the armed forces or militia when on active service[, or an];

(6) Is an active member of a police or fire department;

[(6) A person who has] (7) Has served as a juror, either in a court of this State or the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, within one year preceding the time of filling out the juror qualification form[.]; or

(8) Lives more than miles from the court for which jury service is required."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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