SENATE, No. 2261

By Mr. Creedon, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2261) of Robert S. Creedon, Jr. for legislation to improve juror service. The Judiciary.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.


AN ACT TO IMPROVE JUROR SERVICE

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Section 4 of chapter 234A is hereby amended, in line 1, by striking out the following:-  “As of the date of receipt of the juror summons,”

SECTION 2.  Said section 4 of chapter 234A is hereby further amended, in line 52, by striking out the word “calendar”.

SECTION 3.  Section 16 of said chapter 234A is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 to 7, inclusive, the following words “Such list shall be randomly shuffled by the office of the jury commissioner and stored as a data processing file on a magnetic tape or disk.  After the random shuffling of the master juror list has occurred” and inserting in place thereof the following:-  “The office of the jury commissioner shall randomly shuffle the names that appear on the master juror list, and store the list as a data processing file.  After the random shuffling of the names that appear on the master juror list has occurred” .

SECTION 4.  Said section 16 of chapter 234A is hereby amended, in line 16, by striking out the word “calendar