January 30, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Lemmons, Dean and Clack and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending sections 1321 and 1324 (MCL 600.1321 and 600.1324), as
amended by 2004 PA 12.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1321. (1) The names of those persons on the first jury
list whom the board accepts as persons qualified for and not exempt
from jury service shall be compiled into a list to be known as the
second jury list. The list shall remain sealed until otherwise
ordered by the chief circuit judge.
(2) The board shall make an additional list consisting of the
names on the second jury list segregated by the geographical area
of the jurisdiction of each district court district. If there are
not sufficient names on the segregated list for any district court
district, the board shall apply again the key number to that
district only and obtain as many additional jurors as needed for
that district.
(3) If a city having a population of 750,000 or more is within
the county, the jury board shall make an additional list consisting
of the names on the second jury list of persons who reside in that
city.
Sec. 1324. (1) From time to time, the chief judge of each
court of record in the county shall order the board to select
jurors for jury service. Each such order shall contain all of the
following information:
(a) A time limit within which the selection shall be
completed.
(b) The number of jurors to be selected for a panel.
(c) The number of panels to be selected.
(d) The court or courts in which each panel shall serve.
(e) The period of service of each panel, subject to section
1343.
(2)
Upon Except as provided in
subsection (4), upon the order
of the chief circuit judge, jury panels or parts of jury panels
selected for any court in the county may be used for jury selection
in any court of record in the county, if jurors on the panel or
part of a panel selected for such use are otherwise eligible to
serve as jurors in the particular court.
(3) If a city located in more than 1 county is placed entirely
within a single district of the district court pursuant to chapter
81, the supreme court by rule shall specify the procedure for
compiling the second jury list for that district court district so
as to include names and addresses of residents from the parts of
the counties which comprise that district.
(4) Upon the request of the defendant in a criminal trial held
in circuit or district court in a city having a population of
750,000 or more, the jurors serving in that trial all shall be
residents of that city. This subsection does not take effect unless
the option of allowing defendants in criminal trials to request
juries consisting entirely of residents of that city is approved by
the city in either of the following ways:
(a) The legislative body of the city, by a resolution approved
by a majority of its members, approves that option.
(b) The city submits to the voters of the city the question of
approving that option and a majority of the qualified voters who
vote on that question approve that option.