PREFILED DEC 11 2023
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REFERENCE TITLE: juror information; master jury list |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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HB 2046 |
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Introduced by Representative Bliss
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AN ACT
amending sections 21-101 and 21-301, arizona revised statutes; relating to juries.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 21-101, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
21-101. Definitions
In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Juror pool" means the persons who are summoned and who report on a specific date to or for a specific location for either trial or grand jury service.
2. "Jury commissioner" means the clerk of the superior court, except that in any county having a population of more than five hundred thousand persons, the presiding judge of the superior court may appoint a jury commissioner.
3. "Jury manager" means the person who is responsible for jury management in a justice of the peace court or a municipal court.
4. "Jury panel" means a group of jurors who are drawn at random from the juror pool and who are assigned to a specific case or trial.
5. "Master jury file" means a list of prospective jurors who are randomly selected from the master jury list.
6. "Master jury list":
(a) Means a record of the names, and addresses, dates of birth and, if available, telephone numbers and email addresses of eligible persons who reside in the county. and
(b) Includes persons on the voter registration list of the county and other persons who are eligible for jury service and who have been licensed pursuant to title 28, chapter 8, article 4 or 5.
Sec. 2. Section 21-301, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
21-301. Master jury list; source lists
A. The jury commissioner shall produce a master jury list. The master jury list shall be comprised of the names, and addresses, dates of birth and, if available, telephone numbers and email addresses of eligible persons who reside in the county and shall include persons on the voter registration list of the county, other persons eligible for jury service who have been licensed pursuant to title 28, chapter 8, article 4 or 5 and persons from other lists as determined by the supreme court. The master jury list shall be prepared so as to avoid duplication of the names of eligible juror candidates.
B. Not later than January 1 following each biennial general election, the county recorder shall provide the jury commissioner or jury manager with a list containing the names, and addresses, dates of birth and, if available, telephone numbers and email addresses of all persons who are qualified to vote at the preceding general election. At least once every six months thereafter the county recorder shall provide the jury commissioner with the names, and addresses, dates of birth and, if available, telephone numbers and email addresses of all additional persons who have registered as voters since the date of the last list.
C. On written request by a jury commissioner or jury manager, the director of the department of transportation shall furnish and periodically revise a list of the names, and addresses, dates of birth and, if available, telephone numbers and email addresses of all persons in that county who are at least eighteen years of age and who have been licensed pursuant to title 28, chapter 8, article 4 or 5. Except as provided in section 21-312, no a jury commissioner or jury manager may not disclose information furnished by the director of the department of transportation pursuant to this section to any person, organization or agency for any use other than the selection of jurors.