HB-5129, As Passed House, November 12, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5129

 

October 7, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Howell and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 [A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Revised judicature act of 1961,"                                           

                                                                                

    by amending sections 1301a, 1303a, 1304, 1304a, 1305, 1307a, 1308, 1309,    

                                                                                

    1310, 1312, 1313, 1315, 1316, 1317, 1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323,           

                                                                                

    1324, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336,           

                                                                                

    1337, 1338, 1339, 1340, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1372,           

                                                                                

    and 1375 (MCL 600.1301a, 600.1303a, 600.1304, 600.1304a, 600.1305,          

                                                                                

    600.1307a, 600.1308, 600.1309, 600.1310, 600.1312, 600.1313,                

                                                                                

    600.1315, 600.1316, 600.1317, 600.1319, 600.1320, 600.1321,                 

                                                                                

    600.1322, 600.1323, 600.1324, 600.1326, 600.1327, 600.1328,                 

                                                                                

    600.1329, 600.1331, 600.1332, 600.1333, 600.1334, 600.1335,                 

                                                                                

    600.1336, 600.1337, 600.1338, 600.1339, 600.1340, 600.1341,                 

                                                                                

    600.1342, 600.1343, 600.1345, 600.1346, 600.1347, 600.1372,                 

                                                                                

    and 600.1375), sections 1301a, 1304, 1310, 1312, and                        

                                                                                

    1375 as amended by 1986 PA 104 and section 1307a as amended by              

                                                                                


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    2002 PA 739; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.]                         

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1301a.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this                 

                                                                                

2   chapter  shall govern  governs the selection of juries in the               

                                                                                

3   following courts:                                                           

                                                                                

4       (a) Circuit court.                                                          

                                                                                

5       (b) Probate court.                                                          

                                                                                

6       (c) District court.                                                         

                                                                                

7       (d) Municipal courts of record.                                             

                                                                                

8       (2) Sections 1310, 1311, 1312, 1321(1), 1322, 1323, 1330,                   

                                                                                

9   1338, and 1343  shall  do not apply to a court  which  that                 

                                                                                

10  adopts a method of jury selection described in section 1371.                

                                                                                

11      Sec. 1303a.  Before members of a jury board  enter upon                     

                                                                                

12  begin their duties, they shall take a constitutional oath of                

                                                                                

13  office before the  presiding  chief circuit judge and file it               

                                                                                

14  with the county clerk.                                                      

                                                                                

15      Sec. 1304.   (1) The jury board shall select from the                       

                                                                                

16  current voter registration lists or books the names of persons as           

                                                                                

17  provided in this chapter to serve as jurors.  This subsection               

                                                                                

18  applies to jurors summoned for trials beginning before                      

                                                                                

19  September 1, 1987.  (2)  The jury board shall select from a list            

                                                                                

20  which  that combines the driver's license list and the personal            

                                                                                

21  identification cardholder list the names of persons as provided             

                                                                                

22  in this chapter to serve as jurors.   This subsection applies to            

                                                                                

23  jurors summoned for trials beginning after August 31, 1987.                 

                 [Sec. 1304a.  (1)  The jury board may use electronic and mechanical devices in carrying out its duties under this chapter.

      (2) The jury board may use the historic method of preparing separate slips of paper for the second jury list and drawing slips from a jury board box to determine a panel or array of jurors.]                                                    

24      Sec. 1305.  The jury board shall meet annually in the month                 

                                                                                

25  of May.  at the court house.  The  presiding  chief circuit judge           


                                                                                

1   shall fix the time and place of the annual meeting and may direct           

                                                                                

2   the board to meet at other times and places.  The board may meet            

                                                                                

3   at other times and places necessary to carry out its duties.  The           

                                                                                

4   secretary of the board shall keep a record of the proceedings of            

                                                                                

5   the board.  in a book to be provided for that purpose and the               

                                                                                

6   The members of the board shall sign the record, attested by the             

                                                                                

7   secretary, which record shall then be evidence in all courts and            

                                                                                

8   places of the proceedings of the board.                                     

                                                                                

9       Sec. 1307a.  (1) To qualify as a juror a person shall:                      

                                                                                

10      (a) Be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or                   

                                                                                

11  older, and a resident in the county for which the person is                 

                                                                                

12  selected, and in the case of a district court in districts of the           

                                                                                

13  second and third class, be a resident of the district.                      

                                                                                

14      (b) Be  conversant with  able to communicate in the English                 

                                                                                

15  language.                                                                   

                                                                                

16      (c) Be physically and mentally able to carry out the                        

                                                                                

17  functions of a juror.  Temporary inability shall not be                     

                                                                                

18  considered a disqualification.                                              

                                                                                

19      (d) Not have served as a petit or grand juror in a court of                 

                                                                                

20  record during the preceding 12 months.                                      

                                                                                

21      (e) Not have been convicted of a felony.                                    

                                                                                

22      (2) A person more than 70 years of age may claim exemption                  

                                                                                

23  from jury service and shall be exempt upon making the request.              

                                                                                

24      (3) For the purposes of this section and sections 1371 to                   

                                                                                

25  1376, a person has served as a juror if that person has been paid           

                                                                                

26  for jury service.                                                           

                                                                                

27      (4) For purposes of this section, "felony" means a violation                


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1   of a penal law of this state, another state, or the United States           

                                                                                

2   for which the offender, upon conviction, may be punished by death           

                                                                                

3   or by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly             

                                                                                

4   designated by law to be a felony.                                           

                                                                                

5       Sec. 1308.  On or before each May 1, the  presiding  chief                  

                                                                                

6   judge of each court of record  and district court  in the county            

                                                                                

7   shall estimate the number of jurors that will be needed by their            

                                                                                

8   courts for a 1-year period beginning the following September.               

                                                                                

9   This estimate shall be entered on the [journal record] of the court, and a  

                                                                                

10  copy  thereof  of the estimate shall be certified by the clerk of           

                                                                                

11  the court and delivered to the board.  In making the estimate,              

                                                                                

12  the judge shall consider the number of  slips then in the board             

                                                                                

13  box which may be  names available for the period for which the              

                                                                                

14  estimate is made.                                                           

                                                                                

15      Sec. 1309.  The board shall secure from the clerk of each                   

                                                                                

16  court of record  and district court  in the county, and each                

                                                                                

17  clerk shall provide, a list of persons who have served as jurors,           

                                                                                

18  pursuant to  the provisions of  this chapter, in their courts               

                                                                                

19  during the preceding 1 year.                                                

                                                                                

20      Sec. 1310.   (1) The township or city clerk shall annually                  

                                                                                

21  between April 15 and May 1 deliver to and file with the county              

                                                                                

22  clerk a full, current, and accurate copy of the voter                       

                                                                                

23  registration cards containing the names and addresses of the                

                                                                                

24  registered voters.  In lieu of a copy of the registration card, a           

                                                                                

25  full, current, and accurate list of those registered together               

                                                                                

26  with the current addresses shown on the card may be filed.                  

                                                                                

27      (2) The board shall secure from the county clerk, and the                   


                                                                                

1   county clerk shall provide, copies of the current voter                     

                                                                                

2   registration cards or the current voter registration lists for              

                                                                                

3   each precinct in the county.  The board shall treat the cards and           

                                                                                

4   lists as 1 list, with voters grouped either by precinct or by               

                                                                                

5   city, township, or village as they may be provided.                         

                                                                                

6       (3) The board, in lieu of receiving a list from the county                  

                                                                                

7   clerk of current registered voters, may, if electronic or                   

                                                                                

8   mechanical devices are used by the township, city, or village               

                                                                                

9   clerks, order the clerks to provide only the names and addresses            

                                                                                

10  selected by applying the key number and starting number                     

                                                                                

11  designated by the board.                                                    

                                                                                

12      (1)  (4) Beginning in 1987, the  The secretary of state shall               

                                                                                

13  transmit annually  ,  before April 15 to the clerk of each county           

                                                                                

14  at no expense a full, current, and accurate copy of a list that             

                                                                                

15  combines the driver's license list and personal identification              

                                                                                

16  cardholder list pertaining to persons residing in the county.  At           

                                                                                

17  the request of the board before March 1, the secretary of state             

                                                                                

18  shall transmit only a first jury list consisting of the names and           

                                                                                

19  addresses of persons selected at random, based on the total                 

                                                                                

20  number of jurors required as submitted to the secretary of state            

                                                                                

21  by the board, using electronic or other mechanical devices.  Upon           

                                                                                

22  request, the secretary of state shall furnish additional lists to           

                                                                                

23  any federal, state, or local governmental agency, other than the            

                                                                                

24  clerk of each county, for the purpose of jury selection.  An                

                                                                                

25  agency which requests and receives a list shall reimburse the               

                                                                                

26  secretary of state for actual costs incurred in the preparation             

                                                                                

27  and transmittal of the list and all reimbursements shall be                 


                                                                                

1   deposited in the state general fund.                                        

                                                                                

2       (2)  (5)  If an agency uses electronic or mechanical devices                

                                                                                

3   to carry out its duties, the agency may request and receive a               

                                                                                

4   copy of the combined driver's license and personal identification           

                                                                                

5   cardholder list on  computer tape or another  any electronically            

                                                                                

6   produced medium under specifications prescribed by the secretary            

                                                                                

7   of state.  The secretary of state shall establish specifications            

                                                                                

8   standardizing the size, format, and content of  computer tapes              

                                                                                

9   and other  media utilized to transmit information used for jury             

                                                                                

10  selection.                                                                  

                                                                                

11      (6) Subsections (1), (2), and (3) shall not apply after                     

                                                                                

12  December 31, 1986.                                                          

                                                                                

13      Sec. 1312.   (1)  The board shall apply the key number                      

                                                                                

14  uniformly to the names on the list received pursuant to section             

                                                                                

15  1310 and compile a list or card index, to be known as the first             

                                                                                

16  jury list, which shall include every name and only those names as           

                                                                                

17  the application of the key number has designated.  The board                

                                                                                

18  shall do this as follows:                                                   

                                                                                

19      (a) Arrange the various voter registration lists into 1                     

                                                                                

20  list.  The order in which the lists are arranged or the fact that           

                                                                                

21  some lists are by precincts, and some lists are alphabetized, is            

                                                                                

22  not relevant.  This subdivision shall not apply after                       

                                                                                

23  December 31, 1986.                                                          

                                                                                

24      (a)  (b)  Select by a random method a starting number                       

                                                                                

25  between 0 and the key number.                                               

                                                                                

26      (b)  (c)  Count down the list the number of names to reach                  

                                                                                

27  the starting number.  That name shall be placed on the first jury           


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1   list.                                                                       

                                                                                

2       (c)  (d)  Continue from that name counting down the list,                   

                                                                                

3   beginning to count again with the number 1, until the key number            

                                                                                

4   is reached.  That name shall be placed on the first jury list.              

                                                                                

5       (d)  (e)  Repeat the process provided in subdivision  (d)                   

                                                                                

6   (c) until the whole list has been counted and the names placed on           

                                                                                

7   the first jury list.                                                        

                                                                                

8       (e)  (f)  The board shall then remove from the first jury                   

                                                                                

9   list the name of any person who its records show served, pursuant           

                                                                                

10  to the provisions of this chapter, as a petit or grand juror in             

                                                                                

11  any court of record  or district court  in the county at any time           

                                                                                

12  in the preceding 1 year.                                                    

                                                                                

13      (2) The board may use electronic and mechanical devices in                  

                                                                                

14  carrying out its duties under this section.                                 

                                                                                

15      Sec. 1313.  (1) The board shall supply a juror                              

                                                                                

16  qualifications questionnaire to persons on the first jury list.             

                                                                                

17  This questionnaire shall contain blanks for the information the             

                                                                                

18  board desires, concerning qualifications for, and exemptions                

                                                                                

19  from, jury service.  Persons on the first jury list are required            

                                                                                

20  to return the questionnaire fully answered to the jury board                

                                                                                

21  within 10 days after it is received.                                        

                                                                                

22      (2) In any county, the jury questionnaire described in this                 

                                                                                

23  section and the written summons notice described in section 1332            

                                                                                

24  may be provided together in the same mailing.                               

        [(3) If a qualifying questionnaire is returned with an indication by the United States postal service that the person to whom the questionnaire is addressed is deceased, the name of the person shall be removed from the first juror list and that name and circumstance may be forwarded to the local clerk.]                

25      Sec. 1315.  The juror qualifications questionnaires shall be                

                                                                                

26  kept on file by the board for a period of 3 years but the                   

                                                                                

27  presiding  chief circuit judge may order them to be kept on file           


                                                                                

1   for a longer period.  The answers to the qualifications                     

                                                                                

2   questionnaires shall not be disclosed except that the  presiding            

                                                                                

3   chief circuit judge may order that access be given to the                   

                                                                                

4   questionnaires and the answers.                                             

                                                                                

5       Sec. 1316.  The  presiding  chief circuit judge, or the                     

                                                                                

6   board, may require any person on the first jury list to appear              

                                                                                

7   before a board member at a specified time, for the purpose of               

                                                                                

8   testifying under oath or affirmation concerning his or her                  

                                                                                

9   qualification to serve as a juror, in addition to completing the            

                                                                                

10  questionnaire.  Notice shall be given, personally or by mail, to            

                                                                                

11  a person required to appear not less than 7 days before he or she           

                                                                                

12  is to appear before the board.  The board shall hold evening                

                                                                                

13  sessions as necessary for the examination of prospective jurors             

                                                                                

14  who are unable to attend at other times.                                    

                                                                                

15      Sec. 1317.  The board may dispense with the personal                        

                                                                                

16  attendance of a person notified to appear before the board  ,               

                                                                                

17  when another person cognizant of facts which will qualify or                

                                                                                

18  disqualify the person from service  ,  or which prevent  him  the           

                                                                                

19  person from appearing is produced and testifies in his or her               

                                                                                

20  stead  ,  or when a board member has personal knowledge of facts            

                                                                                

21  ,  and enters them in  his  the board member's report on that              

                                                                                

22  person's qualifications.                                                    

                                                                                

23      Sec. 1319.  The board shall keep a record of the board                      

                                                                                

24  member's report on each person examined, and a record showing the           

                                                                                

25  qualifications to serve as a juror of each person on the first              

                                                                                

26  jury list.  and whether or not he is a freeholder.                          

                                                                                

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


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1   of the qualifications and exemptions of prospective jurors and              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

3   finds not qualified or exempt; but the court may decide upon the            

                                                                                

4   qualifications and exemptions of prospective jurors upon a                  

                                                                                

5   written application and satisfactory legal proof at any time                

                                                                                

6   after the jurors attend court.                                              

                                                                                

7       (2) If a prospective juror without legal disqualification or                

                                                                                

8   exemption  shall apply  applies to the board to be excused from             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

10  the  presiding  chief circuit judge, exclude his or her name from           

                                                                                

11  the second jury list when it appears that the interests of the              

                                                                                

12  public or of the prospective juror will be materially injured by            

                                                                                

13  his or her attendance  ,  or the health of the juror or that of a           

                                                                                

14  member of his or her family requires his or her absence from                

                                                                                

15  court.                                                                      

               [(3) If the name of a person who is deceased is selected for jury service, the name shall be removed from the second jury list and that fact may be forwarded to the local clerk.

     (4) The trial judge, at his or her discretion, may grant a deferral of jury service to a person if the person claims that serving on the date he or she is called creates a hardship.  If the trial judge grants a deferral, the judge shall determine a future date on which the person may serve without hardship, and shall direct the board to call the person on that date.]                              

16      Sec. 1321.  (1) The names of those persons on the first jury                

                                                                                

17  list whom the board accepts as persons qualified for and not                

                                                                                

18  exempt from jury service shall be compiled into a list  or card             

                                                                                

19  index  to be known as the second jury list.   The board shall               

                                                                                

20  write the names and addresses of the persons thus selected, and             

                                                                                

21  whether or not the records of the board show them to be                     

                                                                                

22  freeholders, on separate slips of paper of the same size and                

                                                                                

23  appearance as nearly as may be.  The board shall fold up each               

                                                                                

24  slip of paper in the same manner so as to conceal the name                  

                                                                                

25  thereon and shall deposit it at the times herein provided, in a             

                                                                                

26  box, to be called and labeled the board box.  The form and                  

                                                                                

27  construction of the board box shall be approved by the chairman             


                                                                                

1   or president, and may from time to time be changed with his                 

                                                                                

2   approval.  Immediately after preparing the slips the board shall            

                                                                                

3   seal the second jury list.  The list shall remain sealed until              

                                                                                

4   otherwise ordered by the  presiding  chief circuit judge.                   

                                                                                

5       (2) The board shall make an additional list consisting of the               

                                                                                

6   names on the second jury list segregated by the geographical area           

                                                                                

7   of the jurisdiction of each district court district.  If there              

                                                                                

8   are not sufficient names on  such  the segregated list for any              

                                                                                

9   district court district, the board shall apply again the key                

                                                                                

10  number to that district only and obtain as many additional jurors           

                                                                                

11  as needed for  such  that district.                                         

                                                                                

12      Sec. 1322.  The first deposit of  slips  names shall take                   

                                                                                

13  place as soon as the  slips are  second jury list is prepared.              

                                                                                

14  Slips drawn under previous statutes shall first be removed.                

                                                                                

15  Subsequent deposits shall be made when the supply of  slips in              

                                                                                

16  the board box  names is exhausted.  An earlier deposit may be               

                                                                                

17  ordered by the  presiding  chief circuit judge.  The board shall            

                                                                                

18  keep a record of the number of  slips  names deposited, and the             

                                                                                

19  number withdrawn, and upon request shall inform the  presiding              

                                                                                

20  chief circuit judge of the number of  slips  names remaining.  in           

                                                                                

21  the board box on request, without opening the box.  Nothing                 

                                                                                

22  herein shall affect  in this section affects the validity of a             

                                                                                

23  panel of jurors  which  that was drawn for a term of court before           

                                                                                

24  the first deposit of  slips  names as provided  herein  in this             

                                                                                

25  section.                                                                    

                                                                                

26      Sec. 1323.  If the  slips  names are not to be immediately                  

                                                                                

27  deposited in the board box  used, they shall be sealed up by the           


                                                                                

1   board and remain in the custody of the board  to be deposited               

                                                                                

2   when the previous supply of slips in the board box is exhausted             

                                                                                

3   until additional names are needed or when ordered by the                    

                                                                                

4   presiding  chief circuit judge.                                            

                                                                                

5       Sec. 1324.  (1) From time to time, the  presiding  chief                    

                                                                                

6   judge of each court of record  and district court  in the county            

                                                                                

7   shall order the board to  draw  select jurors for jury service.             

                                                                                

8   Each such order shall contain all of the following information:             

                                                                                

9       (a) A time limit within which the  drawing  selection shall                 

                                                                                

10  be completed.                                                               

                                                                                

11      (b) The number of jurors to be  drawn  selected for a panel.                

                                                                                

12      (c) The number of panels to be  drawn  selected.                            

                                                                                

13      (d) The court or courts in which each panel shall serve.                    

                                                                                

14      (e) The period of service of each panel, subject to  the                    

                                                                                

15  provisions of  section 1343.                                                

                                                                                

16      (2) Upon the order of the  presiding  chief circuit judge,                  

                                                                                

17  jury panels or parts of jury panels  drawn  selected for any                

                                                                                

18  court in the county may be used for jury selection in any court             

                                                                                

19  of record  or  in the  district court  county, if jurors on the             

                                                                                

20  panel or part of a panel selected for such use are otherwise                

                                                                                

21  eligible to serve as jurors in the particular court.                        

                                                                                

22      (3) If a city located in more than 1 county is placed                       

                                                                                

23  entirely within a single district of the district court pursuant            

                                                                                

24  to  the provisions of  chapter 81, the supreme court by rule                

                                                                                

25  shall specify the procedure for compiling the second jury list              

                                                                                

26  for that district court district so as to include names and                 

                                                                                

27  addresses of residents from the parts of the counties which                 


                                                                                

1   comprise  such  that district.                                              

                                                                                

2       Sec. 1326.  If a grand jury is ordered by the court, or                     

                                                                                

3   required by statute, the board shall  draw  select the names of a           

                                                                                

4   sufficient number of persons, as determined by the  presiding               

                                                                                

5   chief circuit judge, to serve as grand jurors in accordance with            

                                                                                

6   the provisions of section 11 of chapter  7  VII of  Act No. 175             

                                                                                

7   of the Public Acts of 1927, as amended, being section 767.11 of             

                                                                                

8   the Compiled Laws of 1948  the code of criminal procedure, 1927             

                                                                                

9   PA 175, MCL 767.11.  The names shall be  drawn  selected in the             

                                                                                

10  same manner and from the same source as petit jurors.  The term             

                                                                                

11  of service of grand jurors shall be as prescribed by section 7a             

                                                                                

12  of chapter  7  VII of  Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, as           

                                                                                

13  added, being section 767.7a of the Compiled Laws of 1948  the               

                                                                                

14  code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 767.7a.                        

                                                                                

15      Sec. 1327.   A drawing  The selection of jurors shall take                  

                                                                                

16  place in public within the time limit fixed by the  presiding               

                                                                                

17  chief circuit judge and at a time and place designated by the               

                                                                                

18  board.  At the time and place appointed, the clerk or  his  the             

                                                                                

19  clerk's deputy  ,  and a judge or an elected official  ,  other             

                                                                                

20  than the clerk, as designated by the  presiding  chief judge,               

                                                                                

21  shall attend to witness and assist in the  drawing  selection of            

                                                                                

22  jurors.                                                                     

                                                                                

23      Sec. 1328.  The board shall proceed in the  drawing as                      

                                                                                

24  hereinafter provided.  An  selection of jurors in a random manner           

                                                                                

25  as ordered by the chief circuit judge as provided in this                   

                                                                                

26  section.  A board member or an employee of the board  , or a                

                                                                                

27  board member, shall shake or turn the board box to fairly mix the           


                                                                                

1   slips of paper deposited therein without exposing them.  The                

                                                                                

2   employee or board member, in the presence of the officer or                 

                                                                                

3   officers attending, without seeing the names on the slips, shall            

                                                                                

4   then draw publicly from the box the names of as many jurors as              

                                                                                

5   were ordered by the judge.  An attending officer or board member            

                                                                                

6   or an employee of the board shall keep a minute of the drawing,             

                                                                                

7   in which he shall enter the name written on every slip of paper             

                                                                                

8   drawn before any other slip is drawn.  shall keep a record of the           

                                                                                

9   selection process, listing the names of jurors selected.  If the            

                                                                                

10  name of a person is  drawn  selected who is not qualified to                

                                                                                

11  serve as a juror to the knowledge of any member of the board, an            

                                                                                

12  entry of this fact shall be made on the  minute of the drawing,             

                                                                                

13  the slip of paper containing his name shall be destroyed, and               

                                                                                

14  another slip then drawn in place of that destroyed.  The minutes            

                                                                                

15  of the drawing  record and that person shall be excused.  A                 

                                                                                

16  record of the selection process shall then be signed by the board           

                                                                                

17  member  and the attending officers  and filed in the office of              

                                                                                

18  the board.  The signature  shall constitute  constitutes a                  

                                                                                

19  certificate that the  minutes are  record is correct and that all           

                                                                                

20  provisions of law have been complied with.                                  

                                                                                

21      Sec. 1329.  (1) The legality or regularity of the  drawing                  

                                                                                

22  selection of jurors shall not be questioned if the  minutes                 

                                                                                

23  record of the  drawing are  selection is properly signed.  If the           

                                                                                

24  name of any person not qualified to serve as a juror is included            

                                                                                

25  in the names  drawn  selected, this fact shall not be a ground of           

                                                                                

26  challenge to the array, but only a ground of personal challenge             

                                                                                

27  to the person shown to be so disqualified.                                  


                                                                                

1       (2) If the jurors were  drawn  selected in accordance with                  

                                                                                

2   this act and the rules of the court, it is not a ground of                  

                                                                                

3   challenge to a panel or array of jurors that the person who                 

                                                                                

4   drew  selected them was a party or interested in the cause  ,              

                                                                                

5   or was counsel or attorney for, or related to, either party                 

                                                                                

6   therein  in the cause.                                                     

                                                                                

7       (3) If the jurors were  drawn  selected in accordance with                  

                                                                                

8   this act and the rules of the court, it is not a ground of                  

                                                                                

9   challenge to a panel or array of jurors that they were summoned             

                                                                                

10  by the sheriff who was a party  ,  or interested in the cause, or           

                                                                                

11  related to either party  therein  in the cause, unless it is                

                                                                                

12  alleged in the challenge and satisfactorily shown that some of              

                                                                                

13  the jurors  drawn  selected were not summoned  ,  and that this             

                                                                                

14  omission was intentional.                                                   

                                                                                

15      Sec. 1331.  The board shall deliver to the clerk lists                      

                                                                                

16  containing the names and addresses of the jurors  drawn                     

                                                                                

17  selected.                                                                   

                                                                                

18      Sec. 1332.  The clerk, jury board, or sheriff shall summon                  

                                                                                

19  jurors for court attendance at such times and in such manner as             

                                                                                

20  directed by the  presiding  chief judge or by the judge to whom             

                                                                                

21  the action in which jurors are being called for service is                  

                                                                                

22  assigned.  For a juror's first required court appearance, service           

                                                                                

23  shall be by a written notice addressed to  him  the juror at                

                                                                                

24  his  the juror's place of residence as shown by the records of             

                                                                                

25  the board, which notice may be by ordinary mail or by personal              

                                                                                

26  service.  For subsequent service notice may be in any manner                

                                                                                

27  directed by the judge.  The officer giving notice to jurors shall           


                                                                                

1   keep a record  thereof  of the service of the notice and shall              

                                                                                

2   make a return if directed by the court.   Such  The return shall            

                                                                                

3   be presumptive evidence of the fact of service.                             

                                                                                

4       Sec. 1333.  A person who is notified to attend as a juror                   

                                                                                

5   may apply to the  presiding  chief judge of the court to be                 

                                                                                

6   excused or have his or her term of service postponed on any                 

                                                                                

7   ground  herein  provided in this chapter.  He or she may apply in           

                                                                                

8   person or by a person capable of making the necessary proof of              

                                                                                

9   his or her claim.  An entry of the action of the  presiding                 

                                                                                

10  chief judge upon the application and of the reason  therefor  for           

                                                                                

11  that action shall be made on the records of the court.                      

                                                                                

12      Sec. 1334.  (1) The  presiding  chief judge may excuse any                  

                                                                                

13  juror or jurors from attendance without pay for any portion of              

                                                                                

14  the term.  The  presiding  chief judge shall excuse jurors from             

                                                                                

15  attendance on days when it is not expected that they will be                

                                                                                

16  required.  The  presiding  chief judge may postpone the service             

                                                                                

17  of a juror to a later term of court if the juror has not been               

                                                                                

18  called for voir dire examination in any action.                             

                                                                                

19      (2) The judge presiding at the trial of an action may excuse                

                                                                                

20  jurors from attendance at  such  that trial for cause.                      

                                                                                

21      Sec. 1335.  (1) The  presiding  chief judge of the court to                 

                                                                                

22  which a person is returned as a juror may excuse  him  the person           

                                                                                

23  from serving when it appears that the interests of the public or            

                                                                                

24  of the individual juror will be materially injured by his or her            

                                                                                

25  attendance  ,  or the health of the juror or that of a member of            

                                                                                

26  his or her family requires his or her absence from court.                   

                                                                                

27      (2) The  presiding  chief judge of the court to which a                     


                                                                                

1   person is returned as a juror shall postpone  his  the person's             

                                                                                

2   term of service until the end of the school year if the person is           

                                                                                

3   a full-time student enrolled in and attending high school.                  

                                                                                

4       Sec. 1336.  If the  presiding  chief judge finds that the                   

                                                                                

5   number of jurors in attendance is greater than that needed,  he             

                                                                                

6   the chief judge may order the panel or any part  thereof  of the            

                                                                                

7   panel discharged for the balance of its term or excused until a             

                                                                                

8   day certain  therein  in the term.  Any juror discharged, but not           

                                                                                

9   excused, under this section  shall be deemed  is considered to              

                                                                                

10  have served his or her term of service but shall receive                    

                                                                                

11  compensation only for the time of his or her actual service on              

                                                                                

12  the panel.                                                                  

                                                                                

13      Sec. 1337.  When the court finds that a person in attendance                

                                                                                

14  upon the  at court as a juror is not qualified to serve as a               

                                                                                

15  juror, or is exempt and claims an exemption, the court shall                

                                                                                

16  discharge him or her from further attendance and service as a               

                                                                                

17  juror.                                                                      

                                                                                

18      Sec. 1338.   (1)  When any person is excused from serving on                

                                                                                

19  the ground that he or she is exempt by law from serving on juries           

                                                                                

20  ,  or is not qualified to serve as a juror, the clerk of the               

                                                                                

21  court shall  destroy the slip containing  remove the name of that           

                                                                                

22  person from the second jury list.                                           

                                                                                

23      (2) The slip containing the name of any person whose time                   

                                                                                

24  of service is postponed shall not be returned to the board box.             

                                                                                

25      Sec. 1339.  The  presiding  chief judge shall report to the                 

                                                                                

26  board the names of all jurors whose service has been postponed to           

                                                                                

27  a subsequent time, and the names shall be placed upon the list of           


                                                                                

1   jurors  drawn  selected for that time.   No more names shall be             

                                                                                

2   drawn from the board box than are sufficient to make up the                 

                                                                                

3   number ordered by adding the names of the jurors so postponed to            

                                                                                

4   the names then drawn.                                                       

                                                                                

5       Sec. 1340.  The clerk of the court or the clerk's designee,                 

                                                                                

6   within 10 days after the close of each term for which jurors have           

                                                                                

7   been  drawn  selected, shall  deliver to the board his                      

                                                                                

8   certificate specifying distinctly and in detail  certify as                 

                                                                                

9   follows:                                                                    

                                                                                

10      (a) The name and residence of each juror who was excused or                 

                                                                                

11  discharged by the court, with the reason  therefor  for the                 

                                                                                

12  excuse or discharge.                                                        

                                                                                

13      (b) The name and residence of each person notified who did                  

                                                                                

14  not attend or serve.                                                        

                                                                                

15      (c) The name and residence of each person punished for                      

                                                                                

16  contempt as provided in this chapter.                                       

                                                                                

17      Sec. 1341.  The  presiding  chief judge of a court may order                

                                                                                

18  additional jurors  drawn  selected by the board for service                 

                                                                                

19  during the period of service of a jury panel or a part  thereof             

                                                                                

20  of a panel.  A judge of a court of record  or district court  may           

                                                                                

21  order additional jurors  drawn  selected by the board for                   

                                                                                

22  immediate service in a particular case.  The order shall specify            

                                                                                

23  the number to be  drawn,  selected and the time and place of                

                                                                                

24  drawing  selection.  If additional jurors are needed for                   

                                                                                

25  immediate service in a particular case, any member of the jury              

                                                                                

26  board may conduct the  drawing  selection if witnessed by the               

                                                                                

27  clerk or  his  the clerk's deputy and by the judge ordering the             


                                                                                

1   drawing  selection.  Jurors whose names are so  drawn  selected            

                                                                                

2   shall be given notice to attend court in  such  the manner  as              

                                                                                

3   that the court directs.  Additional jurors so  drawn  selected              

                                                                                

4   shall become members of the panel then serving unless otherwise             

                                                                                

5   directed by the  presiding  chief judge.                                    

                                                                                

6       Sec. 1342.  If the board fails to meet and return the second                

                                                                                

7   jury list at the time prescribed  ,  or if any list of jurors               

                                                                                

8   becomes exhausted or declared illegal, the  presiding  chief                

                                                                                

9   circuit judge may order the board to meet and make a new list of            

                                                                                

10  jurors.                                                                     

                                                                                

11      Sec. 1343.  The term of service of petit jurors shall be                    

                                                                                

12  determined by local court rule but shall not exceed the term of             

                                                                                

13  court, unless at the end of this period a juror is serving in               

                                                                                

14  connection with an unfinished case, in which event  he  the juror           

                                                                                

15  shall continue to serve, in that case only, until the case in               

                                                                                

16  which he or she is serving is finished.  Once commenced, the term           

                                                                                

17  of service shall be continuous except as provided in sections               

                                                                                

18  1334 to 1336.                                                               

                                                                                

19      Sec. 1345.  A board member shall report to the prosecuting                  

                                                                                

20  attorney and the  presiding  chief circuit judge the name of any            

                                                                                

21  person who in any manner seeks by request, hint, or suggestion to           

                                                                                

22  influence the board or its members in the selection of any                  

                                                                                

23  juror.                                                                      

                                                                                

24      Sec. 1346.  The following acts are punishable by the circuit                

                                                                                

25  court as contempts of court:                                                

                                                                                

26      (a) Failing to answer the questionnaire provided for in                     

                                                                                

27  section 1313.                                                               


                                                                                

1       (b) Failing to appear before the board or a member  thereof                 

                                                                                

2   of the board, without being excused at the time and place                   

                                                                                

3   notified to appear.                                                         

                                                                                

4       (c) Refusing to take an oath or affirmation.                                

                                                                                

5       (d) Refusing to answer questions pertaining to his or her                   

                                                                                

6   qualifications as a juror, when asked by a member of the board.             

                                                                                

7       (e) Failing to attend court, without being excused, at the                  

                                                                                

8   time specified in the notice, or from day to day, when summoned             

                                                                                

9   as a juror.                                                                 

                                                                                

10      (f) Giving a false certificate,  or  making a false                         

                                                                                

11  representation, or refusing to give information  which  that he             

                                                                                

12  or she can give affecting the liability or qualification of a               

                                                                                

13  person other than himself or herself to serve as a juror.                   

                                                                                

14      (g) Offering, promising, paying, or giving money or anything                

                                                                                

15  of value to, or taking money or anything of value from, a person,           

                                                                                

16  firm, or corporation for the purpose of enabling himself or                 

                                                                                

17  herself or another person to evade service or to be wrongfully              

                                                                                

18  discharged, exempted, or excused from service as a juror.                   

                                                                                

19      (h) Tampering unlawfully in any manner with a jury list  ,                  

                                                                                

20  the board box, the jury box or the slips  or the jury selection             

                                                                                

21  process.                                                                    

                                                                                

22      (i)  Wilfully  Willfully doing or omitting to do an act with                

                                                                                

23  the design to subvert the purpose of this act.                              

                                                                                

24      (j)  Wilfully  Willfully omitting to put on the jury list the               

                                                                                

25  name of a person qualified and liable for jury duty.                        

                                                                                

26      (k)  Wilfully  Willfully omitting to prepare or file a list                 

                                                                                

27  or slip.                                                                    


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1                                                                                (l) Doing  ,  or omitting to do  ,  an act with the [design                         

                                                                                

2         ] to prevent the name of a person qualified and liable to            

                                                                                

3   serve as a juror from being placed  in the board box or jury                

                                                                                

4   box,  on a jury list or from being  drawn  selected for service             

                                                                                

5   as a juror.                                                                 

                                                                                

6       (m)  Wilfully  Willfully placing the name of a person upon a                

                                                                                

7   list  , or preparing a slip with the name of a person thereon or            

                                                                                

8   placing a slip in the jury box with the name of a person                    

                                                                                

9   thereon,  who is not qualified as a juror.                                  

                                                                                

10      Sec. 1347.  (1) A person  drawn  selected or summoned as a                  

                                                                                

11  juror who takes anything to give his or her verdict or receives             

                                                                                

12  any gift or gratuity from any party to an action for the trial of           

                                                                                

13  which he or she has been  drawn  selected or summoned is liable             

                                                                                

14  to the party aggrieved for actual damages sustained plus 10 times           

                                                                                

15  the amount or value of the thing which he or she has taken, in              

                                                                                

16  addition to any criminal punishment to which he or she may be               

                                                                                

17  subject by law.                                                             

                                                                                

18      (2) An  embracer  embraceor who procures a person  drawn                    

                                                                                

19  selected or summoned as a juror to take gain or profit  contrary            

                                                                                

20  to the provisions of  as prohibited under subsection (1) is                 

                                                                                

21  liable to the aggrieved party for the actual damages sustained              

                                                                                

22  plus 10 times the amount or value of the thing which was taken.             

                                                                                

23      Sec. 1372.  (1) Sections 1371 to 1376  shall  apply only to                 

                                                                                

24  those districts of the district court, circuits of the circuit              

                                                                                

25  court, and county or probate court districts of the probate court           

                                                                                

26  , a common pleas court, and municipal courts of record which               

                                                                                

27  that adopt the  one  1 day,  one  1 trial jury system.                      


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1       (2) Any court in this state may adopt a  one  1 day,  one  1                

                                                                                

2   trial jury system.                                                          

                                                                                

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5                                                                               

                                                                                

6                                                                               

                                                                                

7                                                                               

                                                                                

8                                                                               

                                                                                

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10                                                                              

                                                                                

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13                                                                              

                                                                                

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15      Sec. 1375.   (1) The township or city clerk shall annually                  

                                                                                

16  between April 15 and May 1 deliver to and file with the county              

                                                                                

17  clerk a full, current, and accurate copy of the voter                       

                                                                                

18  registration cards containing the names and addresses of the                

                                                                                

19  registered voters.  In lieu of a copy of the registration card, a           

                                                                                

20  full, current, and accurate list of those registered together               

                                                                                

21  with the current addresses shown on the card may be filed.  The             

                                                                                

22  clerk shall provide a monthly update of the list or of the                  

                                                                                

23  registration cards to the county clerk.                                     

                                                                                

24      (2) If electronic or mechanical devices are used by the                     

                                                                                

25  township, city, or village clerk, the clerk shall provide a copy            

                                                                                

26  of the list on computer tapes, punch card, or in any other form             

                                                                                

27  as ordered by the board.                                                    


                                                                                

1       (3) The board shall secure from the county clerk, and the                   

                                                                                

2   county clerk shall provide, copies of the current voter                     

                                                                                

3   registration cards or the current voter registration lists for              

                                                                                

4   each precinct in the county.  The board shall treat the cards and           

                                                                                

5   lists as 1 list, with voters grouped either by precinct or by               

                                                                                

6   city, township, or village as they may be provided.                         

                                                                                

7       (4) The board, in lieu of receiving a list from the county                  

                                                                                

8   clerk of current registered voters, may, if electronic or                   

                                                                                

9   mechanical devices are used by the township, city, or village               

                                                                                

10  clerks, order the clerk to provide only the names and addresses             

                                                                                

11  selected by applying the key number and starting number                     

                                                                                

12  designated by the board.                                                    

                                                                                

13      (1)  (5) Beginning in 1987, the  The secretary of state shall               

                                                                                

14  transmit annually, before April 15, to the clerk of each county a           

                                                                                

15  full, current, and accurate copy of a list that combines the                

                                                                                

16  driver's license and personal identification cardholder lists               

                                                                                

17  pertaining to persons residing in the county.  At the request of            

                                                                                

18  the board before March 1, the secretary of state shall transmit             

                                                                                

19  only a first jury list consisting of the names and addresses of             

                                                                                

20  persons selected at random, based on the total number of jurors             

                                                                                

21  required as submitted to the secretary of state by the board,               

                                                                                

22  using electronic or other mechanical devices.  Upon request, the            

                                                                                

23  secretary of state shall furnish additional lists to any other              

                                                                                

24  federal, state, or local governmental agency, other than the                

                                                                                

25  clerk of each county, for the purpose of jury selection.  An                

                                                                                

26  agency which requests and receives a list shall reimburse the               

                                                                                

27  secretary of state for actual costs incurred in the preparation             


     House Bill No. 5129 as amended November 12, 2003

   

1   and transmittal of the list and all reimbursements shall be                 

                                                                                

2   deposited in the state general fund.                                        

                                                                                

3       (2)  (6)  If an agency uses electronic or mechanical devices                

                                                                                

4   to carry out its duties, the agency may request and receive a               

                                                                                

5   copy of the combined driver's license and personal identification           

                                                                                

6   cardholder list on computer tape or another electronically                  

                                                                                

7   produced medium under specifications prescribed by the secretary            

                                                                                

8   of state.  The secretary of state shall establish specifications            

                                                                                

9   standardizing the size, format, and content of computer tapes and           

                                                                                

10  other media utilized to transmit information used for jury                  

                                                                                

11  selection.                                                                  

                                                                                

12      (7) Subsections (1), (2), (3), and (4) shall not apply after                

                                                                                

13  December 31, 1986.                                                          

        [Enacting section 1.  Section 1374 of 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1374, is repealed.]   

14      Enacting section [2].  This amendatory act takes effect                     

                                                                                

15  January 1, 2004.