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 0253 - Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18 and excuses certain students
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 0724-01
BILL NO.: SB 253
SUBJECT: Courts, juries.
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 8, 1999
FISCAL SUMMARY
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| None | |||
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
|
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS | |||
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses
This fiscal note contains 2 pages.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Office of the State Courts Administrator assume the proposed legislation would cause a slight increase in the number of persons available for jury service. However, there would be no increased cost to the judiciary.
Officials from the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Secretary of State assume the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on their agencies.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2000 | FY 2001 | FY 2002 |
| (10 Mo.) | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business | |||
| This legislation may affect small businesses that routinely employ a large percentage of persons ranging in ages from eighteen to twenty, as employees within this age-group may be called to serve on juries. | |||
DESCRIPTION
The proposed legislation lowers the age of jury duty to eighteen. The proposal also excuses full time students not residing within twenty miles of the city or county issuing the jury summons.
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 the State Courts Administrator
Office of the Secretary of State
Office of the Attorney General
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 8, 1999