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SecondHB1032_S_ED.001 RegularNOT SessionAMENDED Seventy-thirdSENATE GeneralCOMMITTEE Assembly STATE OF COLORADOREFERENCE ENGROSSEDREPORT This_______________________________ VersionMarch Includes17, All2022 AmendmentsChair Adoptedof onCommittee SecondDate ReadingCommittee inon theEducation House. of Introduction LLS NO.
22-0439.01After Chelseaconsideration Princellon x4335the HOUSEmerits, BILLthe 22-1032Committee HOUSErecommends SPONSORSHIPthe Bockenfeldfollowing: and Daugherty, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Kirkmeyer, House Committees Senate Committees Education A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING JURY DUTY POSTPONEMENT FOR A STUDENT ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE STATE OF C OLORADO .
BillHB22-1032 Summarybe (Note:referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
This** summary*** applies** to*** this** bill as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.) ThebillallowsaColoradoresidentwhoisastudentenrolledinan institution of higher education outside the state of Colorado the right to postpone jury duty for not more than 12 months.
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R F 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION1.
InColoradoRevisedStatutes,amend13-71-116as follows:
13-71-116.
Trialjuror'srighttoonepostponement-definition.
(1) A trial juror shall have the right to one postponement of the term of juror service.
SuchEpostponement shalMUST not last more than six months, but may extend into the next calendar year;
THAT,IF A TRIAL JUROR IS COLORADO RESIDENT AND A STUDENT ENROLLED IN AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OUTSIDE THE STATE OCOLORADO AND ATTENDS CLASSES AT THE INSTITUTION IN PERSON , THE POSTPONEMENT MUST NOT LAST MORE THAN TWELVE MONTHS BUT MAY EXTENDINTOTHENEXTCALENDARYEAR .
To exercise this right, thejuror shall notify the jury commissioner by telephone or in writing requesting an alternate date to which juror service may be postponed.
A jury commissioner,inhisorherTHEJURYCOMMISSIONER 'Sdiscretion,mayset the date to which the juror's service is postponed.
A jury commissioner shall notify the juror by telephone or in writing of the new date.
(2) A S USED IN THIS SECTION , "INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION " MEANS ANY OUT -OF-STATE POSTSECONDARY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION THAT PROVIDES NOT LESS THAN A ONE YEAR PROGRAM OF TRAINING TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT .
SECTION 2.
Act subject to petition - effective date.
This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m.
on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly;except that, if a referendumpetition is filed pursuanttosection 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this -2- 1032 act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved bythe people at the general election to be held in November 2022 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
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