Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 1038 Ratification Number: 592 Act Number 495 Introducing Body: Senate Subject: Jurors may be drawn and summoned by computer
(A495, R592, S1038)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 14-25-170 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT JURORS FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY, MAY BE DRAWN AND SUMMONED BY COMPUTER IN THE MANNER THE SUPREME COURT BY ORDER DIRECTS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Jurors may be drawn and summoned by computer
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 14-25-170. In lieu of the manner required by this chapter, jurors for municipal courts, at the discretion of the governing body of the municipality, may be drawn and summoned by computer in the manner the Supreme Court by order directs."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 29th day of May, 1990.