This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.
Fiscal Note - SB 0576 - Expands reasons for being excused from jury service
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO. 2292-03
BILL NO. SB 576
SUBJECT: Courts: Juries
TYPE: Original
DATE: January 12, 1998
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS Net Effect on All State Funds
FUND AFFECTED
FY 1999
FY 2000
FY 2001 None
Total Estimated
$0
$0
$0
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 3 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Office of State Courts Administrator assume the proposed legislation would not result in a significant cost impact to county budgets for jury service; however, this proposal could make it more difficult to assemble a representative jury pool in the hundreds of civil and criminal trials each year.
Officials from the Office of the Attorney General assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agency.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 1999 | FY 2000 | FY 2001 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | |
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
Small businesses could be fiscally impacted by this proposal as it would provide many automatic excuses from jury duty, including certain employer requests.
DESCRIPTION
This proposal would expand the available reasons for being automatically excused from jury duty. The additional reasons would include: a residence farther than five miles away and without transportation, unattended children, dependant family members, employees of small businesses, and medical problems.
DESCRIPTION (continued)
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Office of State Courts Administrator
Office of the Attorney General
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
January 12, 1998