THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, FONTANA, STOUT, TOMLINSON, KITCHEN, RAFFERTY, WASHINGTON, ALLOWAY, WOZNIAK, PILEGGI, TARTAGLIONE, BRUBAKER, STACK, O'PAKE, BOSCOLA, COSTA AND WAUGH, FEBRUARY 20, 2009

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 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)  Persons 75 years of age or older who request to be

excused.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.