Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 310 — Jury Commission Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jury Commission Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Jury administrator defined

Jury administrator defined. As used in this Act, "jury administrator" means an employee of a circuit court located in a county with a population of at least 3,000,000, appointed by the chief judge for that circuit and who, at the direction of the chief judge, performs the functions of jury commissioners. (Source: P.A.…

(a) In every county of this State now containing, or which may hereafter contain more than 75,000 inhabitants, and in any other county with a population less than 3,000,000 in which the county board by resolution determines that jury commissioners shall be appointed, the circuit judges in the circuit of which the count…

In a county with a population of at least 3,000,000 in which a jury administrator or jury commissioners have been appointed, the jury administrator or commissioners, upon entering upon the duties of their office, and every 4 years thereafter, shall prepare a list of all legal voters and all Illinois driver's license, I…

The combination of the lists of registered voters, driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders, and claimants for unemployment insurance and the preparation of jury lists under this Act shall, when requested by the Chief Judge or his designee, be acc…

(a) The said commissioners are empowered to provide a suitable room or rooms in which to transact their business, and to incur all other necessary expenses which shall be paid by warrants drawn as provided in section 6 of this act, and with the approval of said judges or a majority thereof to appoint a clerk and the re…

The said jury commissioners, clerk and assistants, shall be paid for their services by the county treasurer of the several counties, such compensation as shall be fixed by the county board, upon warrants drawn by the clerk of the county board. The said jury commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable sum every year for…

The jury list provided for in Section 2 of this Act shall be known as the general jury list, and the manner of its preparation by the jury administrator or jury commissioners shall be as prescribed by the chief judge or by rules to be adopted by majority vote of the said judges. (Source: P.A. 90-482, eff. 1-1-98.)

In such manner as may be prescribed by rules to be adopted by majority vote of the said judges, the jury administrator or the jury commissioners shall also: (a) From time to time prepare a secondary list to be known as the active jury list, containing such number of names taken from the general jury list as shall be ap…

In other than single county circuits, the chief judge of the circuit court of the county shall certify to the clerk of the court the number of petit jurors required each month

In other than single county circuits, the chief judge of the circuit court of the county shall certify to the clerk of the court the number of petit jurors required each month. The clerk shall then repair to the office of the jury commissioners or the jury administrator and there, in the presence of the persons mention…

In single county circuits, the chief judge of the circuit court of the county shall certify to the clerk of the court the number of petit jurors required each month

In single county circuits, the chief judge of the circuit court of the county shall certify to the clerk of the court the number of petit jurors required each month. The clerk shall then repair to the office of the jury commissioners and there, in the presence of the persons mentioned in Section 8 of this Act, proceed…

In single county circuits containing or which may hereafter contain more than one million inhabitants, jurors may be drawn from such parts of the county and assigned to jury service as determined by court rule to be most favorable to an impartial trial and not to incur unnecessary expense or unduly burden the citizens…

When any elector drawn and summoned as a petit juror or as a grand juror shall appear in obedience to summons, any judge of the court in which he has thus appeared, if satisfied that, on account of the nature of the elector's occupation, business affairs, physical health, family situation, active duty in military servi…

Jury duty, notice to employer, right to time off

Jury duty, notice to employer, right to time off. (a) Any person who is not legally disqualified to serve on juries, and has been duly summoned for jury duty for either petit or grand jury service, shall be given time off from employment to serve upon the jury for which such employee is summoned, regardless of the empl…

Excusing prospective jurors; nursing mothers

Excusing prospective jurors; nursing mothers. Any mother nursing her child shall, upon request, be excused from jury service. (Source: P.A. 100-696, eff. 1-1-19.)

Removal of prospective juror due to total and permanent disability

Removal of prospective juror due to total and permanent disability. If a prospective juror is found to be unqualified due to the existence of a total and permanent disability or is excused for undue hardship that is due to the existence of a total and permanent disability, the jury administrator or jury commissioners s…

The said judges of the circuit court of the county, by majority vote, are hereby empowered to make and from time to time alter and amend all such rules, not inconsistent with this act, as in their judgment may be necessary or proper for the purposes of prescribing the powers and duties of the jury commissioners, regula…

No objection, exception or challenge to any petit juror or grand juror or to any panel or petit or grand jurors shall be allowed at any time because of any failure to comply with the provisions of this act or of the said rules, unless the party urging the same shall show to the court that actual and substantial injusti…