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90_HB1688eng

      705 ILCS 305/10.2         from Ch. 78, par. 10.2
          Amends the Jury Act.  Provides that jury service shall be
      deemed to impose an undue hardship on any person who  is  not
      employed  outside the home and is the sole care provider of a
      child who is 4 years of age or younger.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Jury Act by changing Section 10.2.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The Jury Act is amended by changing Section
 5    10.2 as follows:
 6        (705 ILCS 305/10.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 10.2)
 7        Sec. 10.2.  The county boards of the respective  counties
 8    or  the jury commissioners for those counties which have been
 9    appointed  pursuant  to  "An  Act   in   relation   to   jury
10    commissioners   and   authorizing   judges  to  appoint  such
11    commissioners and to make rules concerning their  powers  and
12    duties",  approved  June 15, 1887, as amended, shall have the
13    authority to submit questionnaires to prospective  jurors  to
14    inquire as to their qualifications for jury service and as to
15    the  hardship that jury service would pose to the prospective
16    jurors.  Upon prior  approval  by  the  chief  judge  of  the
17    judicial   circuits   in   which   a  county  board  of  jury
18    commissioners  are  situated,  the  county  board   or   jury
19    commissioners  shall  excuse  a  prospective  juror from jury
20    service if the prospective  juror  shows  that  such  service
21    would  impose  an  undue hardship on account of the nature of
22    the  prospective  juror's   occupation,   business   affairs,
23    physical   health,  family  situation,  active  duty  in  the
24    Illinois National Guard or Illinois Naval Militia,  or  other
25    personal affairs, and cause his or her name to be returned to
26    the  jury  list  or general jury list.   For purposes of this
27    Section, jury service shall be  deemed  to  impose  an  undue
28    hardship  on  any person who is not employed outside the home
29    and is the sole care provider of a child who is  4  years  of
30    age or younger.
31    (Source: P.A. 85-407.)

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