HOUSE BILL No. 5482


     March 7, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Richner, DeHart, Ehardt, Daniels, Vear, Bishop, Richardville and Birkholz and referred to
the Committee on Family and Civil Law.


        A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

   "Revised judicature act of 1961,"

   by amending section 1320 (MCL 600.1320).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1320. (1) The board shall make a preliminary screening

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      of the qualifications and exemptions of prospective jurors and

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      shall not include in the second jury list the names of persons it

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      finds not qualified or exempt.  ; but  HOWEVER, the court may

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      decide upon the qualifications and exemptions of prospective

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      jurors upon a written application and satisfactory legal proof at

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      any time after the jurors attend court.

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           (2) If a prospective juror  without legal disqualification

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      or exemption shall apply  WHO IS NOT LEGALLY DISQUALIFIED OR

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      EXEMPT FROM JURY SERVICE APPLIES to the board to be excused from

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      jury service, the jury board may, with the written approval of


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      the presiding circuit judge, exclude  his  THE PROSPECTIVE

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      JUROR'S name from the second jury list  when it  IN ANY OF THE

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      FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES:

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           (A) IT appears that the interests of the public or of the

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      prospective juror will be materially injured by his OR HER

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      attendance.  , or the 

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           (B) THE health of the PROSPECTIVE juror or that of a member

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      of his OR HER family requires his OR HER absence from court.

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           (C) THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR HAS LEGAL CUSTODY OF 1 OR MORE

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      CHILDREN WHO ARE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF AGE AND THE PROSPECTIVE

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      JUROR'S ATTENDANCE AT COURT WOULD LEAVE THOSE CHILDREN WITHOUT

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      ADEQUATE SUPERVISION.
































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