Chapter 062

2010 -- S 2215

Enacted 06/12/10

 

A N A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - JURY LISTS

          

     Introduced By: Senators Maselli, Jabour, Ciccone, and Ruggerio

     Date Introduced: February 09, 2010

 

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

 

     SECTION 1. Section 9-9-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-9 entitled "Jury Lists" is

hereby amended to read as follows:

 

     9-9-3. Persons exempt from service. -- The following persons shall be exempted from

serving as jurors, unless such persons shall waive their exemption, namely: the members of

congress from the state of Rhode Island, the general officers of the state, the members and

officers of the general assembly during their tenure of office irrespective of whether the general

assembly is in session or not, the jury commissioner and his or her assistants, the justices of the

state and United States courts, clerks of those courts, practicing attorneys-at-law, correctional

officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, probation and parole officers,

members of any paid police force of the state or of any city or town, members of any paid fire

department of any city or town, and members of the armed services on active duty.

 

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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