Bill Text: MI SB1092 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Courts; juries; postponement of jury service; allow for farmers during certain months. Amends sec. 1335 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1335).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-11-28 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB1092 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB1092-Engrossed.html

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SB-1092, As Passed Senate, November 28, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1092

 

 

September 5, 2018, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

by amending section 1335 (MCL 600.1335), as amended by 2014 PA 10.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1335. (1) The chief judge of the court to which a person

 

is returned as a juror may excuse the person from serving when it

 

appears that the interests of the public or of the individual juror

 

will be materially injured by his or her attendance or the health

 

of the juror or that of a member of his or her family requires his

 

or her absence from court.

 

     (2) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned

 

as a juror shall postpone the person's term of service until the

 

end of the school year if the person is a full-time student

 

enrolled in and attending high school.

 

     (3) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned

 

as a juror shall, upon request, postpone the person's term of

 

service until the end of the academic year if the person is a full-

 

time student enrolled in and attending a college, community

 

college, university, graduate or professional school, vocational

 

school, or any other accredited educational institution and the

 

person provides satisfactory proof that the term of service will

 

likely interfere with his or her class schedule.

 

     (4) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned

 

as a juror shall, upon request, postpone the person's term of

 

service until after the period of April 1 through November 30 if he

 

or she is returned to serve as juror during the period of April 1

 

through November 30, and the person is a farmer.

 

     (5) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Farm" means that term as it is defined in section 2 of

 

the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL 286.472.

 

     (b) "Farmer" means a person who owns or operates a farm.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.