SB 1329 — JURORS-POSTPONEMENT

093_SB1329SB1329 Engrossed LRB093 07207 RLC 07363 b AN ACT in relation to juries.

1tf Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

The CountiesJury CodeAct is amended by changing Sections 4.1, 5, 8, 10.2, and 15 and adding Section 4-1100310.3 as follows:

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_a_____________________r______________________y_____________ _n_____________________e______________________e_____________ _u_____________________f_______________________f____________ _y_______ Section 10.

The Jury Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 8, 10.2, and 15 and adding Section 10.3 as follows:

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4.1) Sec.

4.1.

Jury duty;

notice to employer;

right to time off.

(a) Any person who is not legally disqualified to serve on juries, and has been duly summoned for jury duty for either petit or grand jury service, shall n _______r____________ _____s_____________________,______________________e_____________ ______r____________________m________________________t___________ _____c_____________________r______________________o_____________ _____l_____________________ b---------------------m------------- -----e------------------- for which such employee is summoned, regardless of the employment shift such employee is assigned to at the time of service of such summons.

An employee shall give his employer reasonable notice of required jury service.

An employer may not deny an employee time off for jury duty because such employee is then assigned to work a night shift of employment, that is, an employer cannot require a night shift worker to work while such employee is doing jury duty in the daytime.

_________i_____________________(____________ _____r_____________________p______________________a_____________ _____c_____________________s______________________o_____________ _____o_____________________n______________________e_____________ _____n____________ (b) No employer shall discharge, threaten to discharge, intimidate or coerce any employee by reason of the employee's jury service, or the attendance or scheduled attendance in SB1329 Engrossed -2- LRB093 07207 RLC 07363 b connection with such service, in any court of this State.

(c) If an employee gives reasonable notice of required jury service, any employer who violates the provisions of this Section:

(1) may be charged with contempt of court.

In such an event, the State's Attorney shall file a petition for civil contempt, criminal contempt, or both, against the employer to be prosecuted by the State's Attorney;

and (2) shall be liable for damages for any loss of wages or other benefits suffered by an employee by reason of the violation;

and (3) may be enjoined from further violations of this Section and ordered to reinstate any employee discharged by reason of jury service.

As used in this Section, "reasonable notice of required jury service" means that the employee summoned for jury duty must deliver to the employer a copy of the summons within 10 days of the date of issuance of the summons to the employee.

(d) Any individual who is reinstated to a position of employment in accordance with this Section shall be considered as having been on furlough or leave of absence during his period of jury service, shall be reinstated to his position of employment without loss of seniority, and shall be entitled to participate in insurance or other benefits offered by the employer under established rules and practices relating to employees on furlough or leave of absence in effect with the employer at the time the individual entered upon jury service.

(e) In any action or proceeding under this Section, the court may award a prevailing employee who brings the action by retained counsel a reasonable attorney's fee.

(f) Any right or remedy provided in this Section is in addition to any right or remedy otherwise provided by law to an employee.

SB1329 Engrossed -3- LRB093 07207 RLC 07363 b (g) No employer shall be obligated to compensate an employee for time taken off for jury duty.

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(Source:

P.A.

86-1395;

87-616.) (705 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch.

78, par.

Subsequent____________s________________________l___________ selection_____c___ _a__ At the time of jurors;making such selection, the name of the person selected shall be checked off from such list, and shall not be again selected as a juror till every person named upon such list qualified to serve as a juror has been selected;

__________ _____c___ _a__ At the time of making such selection, the name of the person selected shall be checked off from such list, and shall not be again selected as a juror till every person named upon such list qualified to serve as a juror has been selected;

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Selection_____________m______ (a) Upon a day designated by the judge of the court, which shall be at least 20 days before the first day for which any of the panel then to be drawn is summoned, the clerk of such court shall repair to the office of the county clerk, and in the presence of a judge and of such county clerk, after the box containing the names has been well shaken by the county clerk, and being blindfolded shall, without partiality, draw from box.such box the names of a sufficient number of such persons, then residents of the county, not less than 30 for each 2 weeks that such court will probably be in session for the trial of common law cases, to constitute the petit jurors for the time being and where there is an additional judge in such court, a like number for each additional judge requiring a jury, unless the court shall otherwise order:

(a) Upon a day designated by the judge of the court, which shall be at least 20 days before the first day for which any of the panel then to be drawn is summoned, the clerk of such court shall repair to the office of the county clerk, and in the presence of a judge and of such county clerk, after the box containing the names has been well shaken by the county clerk, and being blindfolded shall, without partiality, draw from such box the names of a sufficient number of such persons, then residents of the -5- LRB093 07207 RLC 07363 b county, not less than 30 for each 2 weeks that such court will probably be in session for the trial of common law cases, to constitute the petit jurors for the time being and where there is an additional judge in such court, a like number for each additional judge requiring a jury, unless the court shall otherwise order:

Provided, also that whenever there is pending for trial in any of the SB1329 Engrossed -5- LRB093 07207 RLC 07363 b courts, any criminal cause wherein the defendant is charged with a felony, and the judge holding such court is convinced from the circumstances of the case that a jury cannot be obtained from the regular panel to try the cause, the judge may in his discretion, prior to the day fixed for the trial of the cause, direct the clerk to draw (in the same manner as the regular panel is drawn,) not exceeding 100 names as a special panel from which a jury may be selected to try the cause.

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_____a______________________b_____________________a_____________family _____2_____________________a______________________e_____________situation _____i_____________________s_______________________j____________is ______t____________________l______________________a_____________due _______n___________________e______________________p_____________to _____e_______________________p____________________i_____________the ______o________prospective (Source:juror being the primary care giver of a person with a mental or physical disability, a person with a medically diagnosed behavior problem, or a child under age 12, then the county board, jury commissioners or jury administrator shall excuse such a prospective juror, if it finds that no reasonable alternative care is feasible which would not impose an undue hardship on the prospective juror or the person for whom the prospective juror is providing care, or both.

(Source:

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