GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 15. COURTS |
Chapter 12. JURIES |
Article 3. SELECTION OF JURORS |
Section 15-12-40.1. State-wide master jury list; driver's license information; list of registered voters; random list of persons to comprise venire
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- (a) Beginning on and after July 1, 2011, the council shall compile a state-wide master jury list. The council shall facilitate updating of all information relative to jurors on the state-wide master jury list and county master jury lists.
(b) Beginning on and after July 1, 2011, upon the council's request, the Department of Driver Services shall provide the council and the Administrative Office of the Courts a list, which includes the name, address, city of residence, date of birth, gender, driver's license or personal identification card number issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 40, and, whenever racial and ethnic information is collected by the Department of Driver Services for purposes of voter registration pursuant to Code Section 21-2-221, racial and ethnic information. The Department of Driver Services shall also provide the address, effective date, document issue date, and document expiration date; shall indicate whether the document is a driver's license or a personal identification card; and shall exclude persons whose driver's license has been suspended or revoked due to a felony conviction. Such lists shall be in electronic format as required by the council.
(c) Beginning on and after July 1, 2011, upon request by the council, the Secretary of State shall provide to the council and the Administrative Office of the Courts, without cost, the list of registered voters, including the voter's date of birth, gender, race, social security number, driver's license number, and when it is available, the voter's ethnicity. It shall also be the duty of the Secretary of State to provide the council and the Administrative Office of the Courts, in electronic format, with a copy of the lists of persons:
(1) Who have been convicted of felonies in state or federal courts who have not had their civil rights restored or who have been declared mentally incompetent; and
(2) Whose voting rights have been removed
which are provided to the county board of registrars by the Secretary of State pursuant to Code Section 21-2-231.
(d) On and after July 1, 2012, each county's board of jury commissioners shall obtain its county master jury list from the council. The council shall disseminate, in electronic format, a county master jury list to the respective counties' boards of jury commissioners once each calendar year. The council shall determine the fee to be assessed each county board of jury commissioners for such list, provided that such fee shall not exceed 3 cent(s) per name on the list. The council shall invoice each county board of jury commissioners upon the delivery of the county master jury list, and the county board of jury commissioners shall remit payment within 30 days of the invoice.
(e) On and after July 1, 2012, in each county, upon court order, the clerk shall choose a random list of persons from the county master jury list to comprise the venire; provided, however, that jurors summoned prior to July 1, 2012, shall remain eligible to comprise the venire.
Code 1981, § 15-12-40.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 408, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-16/HB 415; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 3-2/HB 665.