FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act  to provide for jury districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  That chapter 16-13 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     If any county within a circuit has a population of less than five thousand, the presiding circuit court judge shall create a jury district by joining that county with one or more other counties within the circuit until the total population of the counties exceeds ten thousand. Each county within a jury district is entitled to pro rata representation upon the master jury list to be computed by the presiding judge upon the basis of the last official census.
     Section  2.  That § 16-13-2.1 be amended to read as follows:
     16-13-2.1.   For the purposes of this chapter, the board of jury selectors shall be the clerk of the circuit court, the chairman of the board of county commissioners , and the county auditor, or if there be no person holding any one or more of such offices in the county, the presiding circuit judge shall designate a person to fill the vacancy. If a jury district has been formed, the clerk of the circuit court, the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and the county auditor from each county within the jury district constitutes the board of jury selectors.

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     Section  3.  That § 16-13-10 be amended to read as follows:
     16-13-10.   All citizens of this state, who are residents of the county or jury district where the jury is selected, eighteen years of age or older prior to January first of the year of jury service, of sound mind and who are able to read, write, and understand the English language, are eligible to serve as jurors. Justices or clerks of the Supreme Court or a judge of the circuit court or any court of the United States, or a court of limited jurisdiction, or licensed attorneys are not eligible to serve as jurors. Clergymen as defined in §   19-13-16 if jury service conflicts with their religious beliefs may be exempt from jury duty. Persons who have been convicted of a felony unless restored to their civil rights are not eligible to serve as jurors. Potential jurors may not be excluded from jury duty on the basis of a visual or hearing impairment.
     Section  4.  That § 16-13-15 be amended to read as follows:
     16-13-15.   The board of jury selectors shall ascertain whether each of the persons on the master juror list has the qualifications of a juror as provided by §  16-13-10 from the information available to them from records of the county or other readily available sources, or has served as a juror within four two years. A person has served as a juror if he that person has been summoned and appeared for a trial. If, from examination of the master juror lists, it appears that any person listed thereon does not have the qualifications to serve as a juror , or has served as a juror within four two preceding years, the board of jury selectors shall strike such name from the list and draw another in its place. However, in counties of less than five thousand population, the applicable time period shall be two years rather than four years. If the master list is selected electronically, the board shall adjust the number to be drawn to allow for the elimination of the names of those disqualified.

     The clerk of any magistrate court having a separate clerk shall furnish the clerk of the circuit court with a list of the names and addresses of all persons who have served as jurors for the

calendar year when requested by the clerk of the circuit court, who shall preserve the lists for four two years.

     The board of jury selectors shall record with the list of jurors the reasons for disqualification of any person stricken from the master jury list.
     Section  5.  That § 16-13-18.3 be amended to read as follows:
     16-13-18.3.   The presiding judge of each circuit shall have under his charge and control the enforcement of administer and enforce the jury selection provisions of this chapter. Such judge may vary the terms of the random selection process to meet local conditions in any county or jury district in his the circuit if such changes are generally consistent with the terms of this chapter. Such changes must shall be reduced to writing, approved by the Supreme Court pursuant to §   16-13-18.2 and filed with the clerk of the court in the any county affected by the changes with the other materials required to be preserved by §   16-13-31.1.
     Section  6.  That § 16-13-22 be amended to read as follows:
     16-13-22.   The presiding judge of each circuit, or a judge of the circuit court designated by him the presiding judge , shall issue an order prior to October first of each year to the clerk of courts that a petit jury for the county or jury district be selected. The order shall specify the total number of jurors to be selected, the number of panels or sections of the panels into which the number of jurors are to be arranged, and the period of time of service during the year for each panel or section. The names shall be selected for each panel or section by lot as provided in §   16-13-27.