PRINTER'S NO. 542

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 490 Session of 1975

        INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. SCIRICA, BERSON, WOJDAK, MEBUS,
           W. D. HUTCHINSON, ENGLEHART, RENNINGER AND MANDERINO,
           FEBRUARY 18, 1975

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 18, 1975

                               A JOINT RESOLUTION

     1  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
     2     of Pennsylvania, authorizing the General Assembly to provide
     3     for a jury of six in any civil case.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby resolves as follows:
     6     Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
     7  the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with
     8  the provisions of the eleventh article thereof:
     9     That section six, article one of the Constitution of the
    10  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be amended to read:
    11     Section 6.  Trial by Jury.--Trial by jury shall be as
    12  heretofore, and the right thereof remain inviolate. The General
    13  Assembly may provide, however, by law, that a verdict may be
    14  rendered by [not less than five-sixths of the] a jury of six in
    15  any civil case.


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