SENATE, No. 264

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Senators GIRGENTI, KOSCO, Assemblymen Arnone,

Holzapfel and Assemblywoman Heck

An Act concerning the qualification of certain persons to serve as jurors and amending N.J.S.2B:20-1.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. N.J.S.2B:20-1 is amended to read as follows:

    2B:20-1. Qualifications of jurors

    Every person summoned as a juror:

    a. shall be 18 years of age or older;

    b. shall be able to read and understand the English language;

    c. shall be a citizen of the United States;

    d. shall be a resident of the county in which the person is summoned;

    e. shall not [be serving a sentence of imprisonment, or be on probation or parole, as a result of a conviction] have been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of this State, another state, or the United States;

    f. shall not have any mental or physical disability which will prevent the person from properly serving as a juror.

(cf: P.L.1995, c.44, s.1)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

Excludes persons convicted of indictable offenses from jury duty.