§ 4521.1. Statewide jury information system
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: September 2, 2008
Effective: September 2, 2008
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4521.1
§ 4521.1. Statewide jury information system
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any prohibition found in any other law, regulation or rule to the contrary, the following departments shall submit to the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, in a format provided herein, a list of individuals as designated for that department to be included in a Statewide jury information system on or before October 31 of each year:
(1) The Department of Public Welfare1 - every individual resident in this Commonwealth who receives cash assistance or food stamps pursuant to a Federal or State program through the department except as prohibited by Federal law or regulation.
(3) The Department of Revenue - every individual resident who files a return for the payment of taxes imposed by the Commonwealth under Article III of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L. 6, No. 2),2 known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.
(4) The Department of State - every individual resident who is listed as a registered voter under 25 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV3 (relating to voter registration).
(1) Upon request from the jury selection commission of the county, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall make available to the requesting county the list of names for that county from the Statewide jury information system. In providing the information, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall only provide the name, address and date of birth of each individual on the list being provided. All other identifying information shall be removed from any list made available pursuant to the request. Under no circumstances may the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania include any other identifying information.
(2) Upon request from the Clerk of Court for a United States District Court, the Court Administrator shall make available to the requesting Clerk of Court the list of names for the counties comprising the district within the jurisdiction of the requesting court from the Statewide jury information system. In providing the information, the Court Administrator shall only provide the name, address and date of birth of each individual on the list being provided. All other identifying information shall be removed from any list made available pursuant to the request. Under no circumstances may the Court Administrator include any other identifying information.
(5) The Statewide jury information system and any list provided by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania to the county jury selection commission pursuant to this section may not reveal the source of names on that list or indicate in any way the source of the names submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
(6) Except as provided in section 4521(b), nothing submitted, created or produced under this section shall constitute a public document, nor shall it be subject to release or disclosure under the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L. 390, No. 212),4 referred to as the Right-to-Know Law, or any other similar rule, enactment or decision.
Credits
2007, July 17, P.L. 123, No. 37, § 3, effective in 120 days [Nov. 14, 2007]. Amended 2008, July 4, P.L. 286, No. 35, § 1, effective in 60 days [Sept. 2, 2008].
Footnotes
Now Department of Human Services; see 62 P.S. § 103.
72 P.S. § 7301 et seq.
25 Pa.C.S.A. § 1101 et seq.
65 P.S. § 66.1 et seq.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4521.1, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 4521.1
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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