H 3502 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H 3502 General Bill, By M.F. Jaskwhich, B.D. Cain, Cato, Davenport, Easterday,
Fair, Fleming, Haskins, R.J. Herdklotz, T.E. Huff, Littlejohn, C.V. Marchbanks,
Rice, Simrill, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, D.C. Waldrop and C.C. Wells
Similar(S 793, H 3057)
A Bill to amend Section 14-7-130, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1976, relating to the preparation of circuit court jury lists from a tape of
those persons holding a valid South Carolina driver's license or
identification card, so as to delete this provision and provide that these
jury lists must be prepared by the State Election Commission from the names of
the registered voters in the county.
02/07/95 House Introduced and read first time HJ-6
02/07/95 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-6
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 14-7-130, AS AMENDED, CODE OF
LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE
PREPARATION OF CIRCUIT COURT JURY LISTS FROM A
TAPE OF THOSE PERSONS HOLDING A VALID SOUTH
CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD,
SO AS TO DELETE THIS PROVISION AND PROVIDE THAT
THESE JURY LISTS MUST BE PREPARED BY THE STATE
ELECTION COMMISSION FROM THE NAMES OF THE
REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 14-7-130 of the 1976 Code, as last
amended by Section 256 of Act 181 of 1993, is further amended to
read:
"Section 14-7-130. In November of every year, the
Department of Revenue and Taxation shall furnish the State
Election Commission a computer tape of the name, address, date of
birth, social security number, sex, and race of persons who are over
the age of eighteen years and citizens of the United States residing
in each county who hold a valid South Carolina driver's license or
an identification card issued pursuant to Section 57-3-910. In
December of every year, the State Election Commission shall
furnish a jury list to county jury commissioners consisting of a tape
or list derived by merging from the list of registered
voters in the county with county residents appearing on the tape
furnished by the department, but only those licensed drivers and
identification cardholders who are eligible to register to vote may
be included in the list. Prior to furnishing the list, the commission
shall make every effort to eliminate duplicate names and names of
persons disqualified from registering to vote or voting pursuant to
the laws and Constitution of this State. As furnished to the jury
commissioners by the State Election Commission, the list or tape
constitutes the roll of eligible jurors in the county. Expenses of the
Department of Revenue and Taxation and State Election
Commission in implementing this section must be borne by
these agencies it."
SECTION 2. The jury list for a county shall continue to be
derived from those eligible persons holding a valid South Carolina
driver's license or identification card until December, 1995, at
which time the jury list furnished to the jury commissioners of a
county and derived from the list of registered voters in the county
shall be used.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the
Governor.
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