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. D13L90BIL/HB0688A00360