AB 207 — Revises provisions governing juries. (BDR 1-648)

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M CCURDY II, M ONROE - M ORENO AND Y EAGER PREFILED FEBRUARY 13, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Judiciary SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing juries.

(BDR 1-648) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

May have Fiscal Impact.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

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Existing law provides that the jury commissioner assigned to select trial jurors is required to select jurors from qualified electors of the county Existingnot lawexempt furtherfrom requiresjury theduty, Departmentwhether of Motor Vehicles to provide a list of registered ownersas ofvoters motoror vehiclesnot. and a list of licensed drivers for use in selecting jurors.

(NRS 6.045) registered owners of motor vehicles and a list of licensed drivers for use inist of selecting jurors.

theSection jury1 commissionerof tothis compilebill andrevises maintainthe aprocess listfor ofselecting qualifiedtrial electorsjurors fromuiringby requiring information provided by:

(1) keep a record of the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who is selected onceand aof yeareach totrial thejuror Courtwho Administrator.appears for jury service;

juryand service;(2) report this information once a year to the Court Administrator.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.

The district court may by rule of court designate the clerk of the court, one of the clerk’s deputies or another person as a - 79th Session (2017) – 2 – jury commissioner, and may assign to the jury commissioner such administrative duties in connection with trial juries and jurors as the court finds desirable for efficient administration.

If a jury commissioner is so selected, the jury commissioner shall from time to time estimate the number of trial jurors which will be required for attendance on the district court and shall select that number from the qualified electors of the county not exempt by law from jury duty, whether registered as voters or not.

(b) Keep a record of the name, occupation, address and race of eacheac(c) trialPrepare jurorand whosubmit appearsa forreport juryto service;the Court Administrator which must:

and(1) (c)Include Preparestatistics andfrom submitthe arecords reportrequired to be maintained by the Courtjury Administratorcommissioner whichpursuant must:to this subsection, including, without limitation, the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who is selected and of each trial juror who appears for jury service;

- *AB207_R3* – 3 – (1) Include statistics from the records required to be maintained by the jury commissioner pursuant to this subsection, including, without limitation, the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who is selected and of each trial juror who appears for jury service;

The jury commissioner shall not select the name of any person whose name was selected the previous year, and who actually served on the jury by attending in court in response to the venire from day to day until excused from further attendance by - 79th Session (2017) – 3 – order of the court, unless there are not enough other suitable jurors in the county to do the required jury duty.

The Department shall provide a list of registered owners of motor vehicles in any county upon the request of a district judge or jury commissioner of the judicial district in which thethetrict county lies for use by the district judge or jury commissioner for purposes of jury selection.

Sec.Secs.

4.4 and 4.5.

4.5.

(Deleted by amendment.) Sec.

2.entitled to information from the records of the Division, to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of the claimant’s claim in any proceeding pursuant to this chapter.

AnyA claimant or aan legalemploying representativeunit of a claimant is not entitled to information from the records of the Division,Division to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of the claimant’s claim in any proceedingother pursuantpurpose. to this chapter.

A claimant or an - *AB207_R3* – 4 – employing unit is not entitled to information from the records of the Division for any other purpose.

and - 79th Session (2017) – 4 – (b) The Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation for the purpose of complying with the provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 232.920.

Subject to such restrictions as the Administrator may by regulation prescribe, the information obtained by the Division may be made available to:

the information obtained by the Division may (a) Any agency of this or any other state or any federal agency charged with the administration or enforcement of laws relating to unemployment compensation, public assistance, workers’ compensation or labor and industrial relations, or the maintenance of a system of public employment offices;

5.public officer of a local government, the Administrator shall furnish from the records of the Division the name, address and place of employment of any person listed in the records of employment of the Division.

UponThe written request may be made byelectronically theand Statemust Controllerset orforth athe publicsocial officersecurity number of athe localperson government,about whom the Administratorrequest shallis furnishmade fromand contain a statement signed by the recordsproper authority of the DivisionState Controller or local government certifying that the name,request addressis andmade placeto ofallow employmentthe ofproper anyauthority personto listedenforce ina law to recover a debt or obligation assigned to the recordsState ofController employmentfor ofcollection or owed to the Division.local government, as applicable.