H0688B0774A00360       BIL:DHB 04/13/07    #90             A00360
                        AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 688
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE BENNINGTON
                                           Printer's No. 774

     1       Amend Title, page 1, line 3, by striking out all of said line
     2    and inserting
     3               selection of prospective jurors.
     4       Amend Sec. 1, page 1, lines 6 through 14, by striking out all
     5    of said lines and inserting
     6       Section 1.  Section 4521 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     7    Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
     8    § 4521.  Selection of prospective jurors.
     9       * * *
    10       (g)  Persons 70 years of age or older.--A person 70 years of
    11    age or older who is subject to any disqualification, exemption
    12    or excuse pursuant to section 4502(a)(2) or 4503(a)(3) may elect
    13    to be permanently removed from the current master list of
    14    prospective jurors and any future master list of prospective
    15    jurors. The commission and the court shall develop procedures to
    16    enable such persons to obtain disqualification, exemption or
    17    excuse by means which do not require that the person physically
    18    appear in response to a summons. A person who has made such an
    19    election may petition the commission for reinstatement at any
    20    time.







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