Current Status Bill Number:3022 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970114 Primary Sponsor:Kirsh All Sponsors:Kirsh, Simrill, Seithel and Meacham Drafted Document Number:GJK\23041SD.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Jury service in magistrate's court limited to once every three calendar years, juries and jurors
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved
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House 19970114 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
House 19961211 Prefiled, referred to Committee 25 HJ
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TO AMEND SECTION 22-2-130, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR JURY SERVICE IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES A PERSON MAY SERVE ON A JURY THEREIN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL SERVE ON A JURY IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT MORE THAN ONCE EVERY THREE CALENDAR YEARS RATHER THAN ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 22-2-130 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 22-2-130. If any juror duly summoned shall neglect or refuse to appear in obedience to any venire issued by any magistrate's court and shall not within forty-eight hours shall not render to the summoning magistrate a sufficient reason for his delinquency, he shall forfeit and pay a fine of ten dollars to the treasury of the county in which the case is tried, to be assessed by such magistrate and collected on his warrant without other process. A failure to pay forthwith such the fine so assessed shall constitute constitutes a contempt of court and shall be punished accordingly. No person shall serve on a jury in a magistrate's court more than once in a three-month period every three calendar years."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.