Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1549 - Juries; exempt women with children four years or younger

Page Numbers - 1

Code Sections - 15-12-2

1. Polak  67th


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HB 1549                                            LC 21 3803






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions
  1- 3  relative to juries, so as to provide that women with a child
  1- 4  age four years or younger may be exempt from serving as a
  1- 5  juror; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

  1- 6       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 7  Article 1 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of
  1- 8  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative
  1- 9  to juries, is amended by striking in its entirety Code
  1-10  Section 15-12-2, relating to a certain exemption from jury
  1-11  duty, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  1-12    "15-12-2. (Index)

  1-13    (a) Any person summoned to serve as a juror in any court
  1-14    of this state shall be excused from such service during
  1-15    his or her attendance as a legislator in the General
  1-16    Assembly.

  1-17    (b) Any woman having a child aged four years or younger
  1-18    shall upon request be exempted from serving on a jury in
  1-19    any court in this state."

                         SECTION 2.
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  1-20  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-21  repealed.












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