REPRESENTATIVES Peterson, Willamowski, Seitz, Manning, Sulzer, Collier, Grendell, Calvert, Distel, Schmidt, Hartnett, Coates, Sferra, Otterman, Carano, Niehaus, Evans, Flowers, Redfern, Perry, Latell, Raga

To amend sections 2313.13 and 2313.24 of the Revised

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Code to modify the small county exception to the

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drawing, summoning, and service of jurors for a

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term or part of a term of a court of common pleas.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 2313.13 and 2313.24 of the Revised	5
Code be amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 2313.13. (A) The court of common pleas may postpone the	7
whole or a part of the time of service of a juror, after notice	8
for service, to a later date during the same term or part of a	9
term or to a subsequent term or part of a term of the same jury	10
year or may excuse a juror, after notice for service, from service	11
at that term for not more than three days at a time, where the	12
exigencies of his business require his temporary excuse. The	13
courtof a county or the judge of the court of common pleas of a	14
county may also discharge, for the term of a court or for part of	15
a term of a court, or excuse until a day certain, one or more	16
jurors so notifiedsummoned for jury duty whose attendance is not	17
required for the trial of issues at that term or part of a term,	18
or until that day. Each	19

(B)(1) The court of common pleas of a county or a judge of	20
the court of common pleas of a county may postpone the whole or a	21
part of a juror's time of service on jury duty, after summoning	22
the juror for jury duty, to either of the following:	23

(a) To a later date during the same term of court or part of	24
a term of court;	25

(b) To a subsequent term of court or part of a term of court	26
of the same jury year.	27

(2) Each juror so excused or whose time of service on jury	28
duty is postponed until a day certainspecified date may be	29
required to attend at the opening of court on that day, and	30
thereafter on each day after that day until the juror is	31
discharged, without further noticeadditional summons from the	32
court.	33

(C) The court of common pleas of a county, or a judge of the	34
court of common pleas of a county, may excuse until a specified	35
date one or more jurors summoned for jury duty whose attendance is	36
not required for the trial of issues until that day. Each juror	37
excused until a specified date may be required to attend the	38
opening of court on that day and on each day after that day until	39
the juror is discharged, without additional summons from the	40
court.	41

(D) The court of common pleas of a county or a judge of the	42
court of common pleas of a county may excuse a juror, after	43
summoning the juror for jury duty, from service on jury duty at	44
that term of court for not more than three days at a time, if the	45
exigencies of the juror's business require the juror's temporary	46
excuse.	47

Sec. 2313.24. (A) The court of common pleas of a county, or	48
a judge thereofof the court of common pleas of a county, shall	49
specify by written order the number of jurors to be drawn for each	50
term of that court, or part of a term,of that court when the term	51
is divided into parts, to comply with sections 2313.01 to 2313.46	52
of the Revised Code. A proportionate	53

(B) A portion of the number of jurors ordered for a term or	54
part of a termto be drawn pursuant to division (A) of this	55
section shall be first drawn and shall be summoned to be present	56
for duty during the first three consecutive calendar weeks of the	57
term or part of a term, and the. The same number of jurors shall	58
next be drawn and shall be summoned to be presentfor duty during	59
the next three consecutive calendar weeks, and in like manner	60
jurors. Jurors shall be drawn and summoned for each succeeding	61
three weeks of the term of court. This section as to the division	62
of terms and as to the service of jurors for three weeks	63

(C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall not apply to	64
counties with a population of less than onetwo hundred fifty	65
thousand population in which cases the. If divisions (A) and (B)	66
of this section do not apply to a county, the court of common	67
pleas of that county or a judge of the court of common pleas of	68
that county shall make rules in his ownthat apply to that county	69
applicable to such mattersfor the drawing and summons of jurors.	70

(D) The commissioners of jurors may send by mail or otherwise	71
to a juror whose name is drawn, a printed notice, informing him	72
the juror that hethe juror has been drawn for jury duty and will	73
be notifiedsummoned by the sheriff, and such. The notice may	74
contain copies of suchthe portions of sections 2313.01 to 2313.46	75
of the Revised Code, asthat the commissioners deemconsider	76
advisable.	77

Section 2. That existing sections 2313.13 and 2313.24 of the	78
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	79