PRINTER'S NO. 48
No. 69 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY TULLI, NAILOR, E. Z. TAYLOR, BUXTON, BELARDI,
BARD, ZUG, HASAY, ARGALL, CURRY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY, FARGO,
FICHTER, FORCIER, GEIST, GODSHALL, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, JOSEPHS, LEVDANSKY, READSHAW, ROBINSON, ROSS,
RUBLEY, SAYLOR, SEYFERT, SHANER, STABACK, STERN, SURRA,
WALKO, C. WILLIAMS, WILT, YOUNGBLOOD, B. SMITH, RAMOS,
SOLOBAY, LEDERER AND BENNINGHOFF, JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 20, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
3 selection of prospective jurors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4521(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4521. Selection of prospective jurors.
9 (a) Preparation of master list of prospective jurors.--At
10 least annually the jury selection commission shall prepare a
11 master list of prospective jurors. The list shall contain all
12 [voter registration lists for] lists of persons 18 years of age
13 or older who hold a valid driver's license issued by the
14 Department of Transportation and who reside in the county, which
15 lists may be incorporated by reference, or names from such other
16 lists which in the opinion of the commission will provide a
1 number of names of prospective jurors which is equal to or
2 greater than the number of names contained in the [voter
3 registration] driver's license list. The commission may, but
4 will not be required to, supplement the master list of
5 prospective jurors to include, without being limited to, persons
6 in any of the following categories:
7 (1) Persons listed in telephone, city, municipal
8 directories and similar directories.
9 (2) Persons who pay taxes or are assessed for taxes
10 imposed by any political subdivisions.
11 (3) Persons in the county participating in any State,
12 county or local program authorized by law and, to the extent
13 such names are available, persons participating in any
14 Federal program authorized by law.
15 (4) Persons who are on school census lists.
16 (5) Any other person whose name does not appear in the
17 master list of prospective jurors and who meets the
18 qualifications for jurors set forth in this chapter and who
19 makes application to the commission to be listed on the
20 master list of prospective jurors.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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