Bill Text: FL H0051 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Profiting from Jury Service

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee [H0051 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0051-Introduced.html

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HB 51

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to profiting from jury service;
3	creating s. 40.245, F.S.; prohibiting a juror from
4	requesting or accepting any monetary benefit or
5	compensation related to his or her role as a juror
6	until a certain time has elapsed; prohibiting a person
7	or organization from offering or providing any
8	monetary benefit or compensation for obtaining
9	information related to a juror's role in a trial until
10	a certain time has elapsed; providing penalties;
11	providing an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Section 40.245, Florida Statutes, is created to
16	read:
17	40.245  Profiting from jury service.-
18	(1)  A juror in a civil or criminal trial may not, before
19	or during the trial or within 270 days after the jury is
20	discharged, request, accept, agree to accept, or discuss with
21	any person the receiving or accepting of any monetary benefit or
22	compensation or licensing fees of the juror's likeness or
23	photograph in consideration for supplying information related to
24	his or her role as a juror in the trial.
25	(2)  A person or organization may not, before or during a
26	civil or criminal trial or within 270 days after the jury is
27	discharged, offer or discuss with any juror the promise or
28	payment of any monetary benefit or compensation or any licensing
29	fees of the juror's likeness or photograph in consideration for
30	obtaining information related to the juror's role in the trial.
31	(3)  A person who violates this section commits a felony of
32	the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or by a
33	fine of $10,000 for each violation, or both.
34	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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