January 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 1324 (MCL 600.1324), as amended by 2004 PA 12.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1324. (1) From time to time, the chief judge of each
court of record in the county shall order the board to select
jurors for jury service. Each such order shall contain all of the
following information:
(a) A time limit within which the selection shall be
completed.
(b) The number of jurors to be selected for a panel.
(c) The number of panels to be selected.
(d) The court or courts in which each panel shall serve.
(e) The period of service of each panel, subject to section
1343.
(2)
Upon Except as provided in
subsection (4), upon the order
of the chief circuit judge, jury panels or parts of jury panels
selected for any court in the county may be used for jury selection
in any court of record in the county, if jurors on the panel or
part of a panel selected for such use are otherwise eligible to
serve as jurors in the particular court.
(3) If a city located in more than 1 county is placed entirely
within a single district of the district court pursuant to chapter
81, the supreme court by rule shall specify the procedure for
compiling the second jury list for that district court district so
as to include names and addresses of residents from the parts of
the counties which comprise that district.
(4) Upon the request of the defendant in a criminal trial held
in district court, the jurors serving in that trial all shall be
residents of that judicial district.