PRINTER'S NO. 2418
No. 1912 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HESS, GEIST, HORSEY, HALUSKA, TRELLO, SHANER,
ALLEN AND THOMAS, OCTOBER 9, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 9, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for exemption
3 from jury duty for certain elected officials.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4504. Elected officials exempt from jury duty.
9 (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
10 law, no elected official of the legislative branch of the
11 Commonwealth shall be required to serve on an investigating
12 grand or petit jury, convened by any court of this Commonwealth,
13 whether such service is requested by judicial summons or by some
14 other means of compulsion.
15 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "elected
16 official of the legislative branch" means each member of the
17 Senate and the House of Representatives.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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