AN ACT
ENTITLED, An Act
to revise certain statutes relating to jury districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. 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 is utilized, the board of jury selectors from each county need not be present during the preparation of the district master jury list. The presiding judge shall compile that list from each county's master jury list.
Section 2. That § 16-13-18.4 be amended to read as follows:
16-13-18.4. If any county within a circuit has a population of less than five thousand, the presiding circuit court judge may 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.
An Act to revise certain statutes relating to jury districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. 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 is utilized, the board of jury selectors from each county need not be present during the preparation of the district master jury list. The presiding judge shall compile that list from each county's master jury list.
Section 2. That § 16-13-18.4 be amended to read as follows:
16-13-18.4. If any county within a circuit has a population of less than five thousand, the presiding circuit court judge may 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.
An Act to revise certain statutes relating to jury districts.
I certify that the attached Act originated in the
HOUSE as
Bill
No.
1058
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Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
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Speaker of the House
Speaker of the House
Attest:
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Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
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President of the Senate
Attest:
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Secretary of the Senate
Secretary of the Senate
House
Bill
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1058
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Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,
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Received at this Executive Office this ____ day of _____________ ,
19___ at _____ M.
By _________________________
for the Governor
for the Governor
The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
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Governor
Governor
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 19___
at _________ o'clock __ M.
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Secretary of State
Secretary of State
By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State