2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB110 128
ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date |SENATE ACTION Initial and Date
Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost
Concurred In Not |Concurred In Not
Receded Not | Receded Not
Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 2 and 3 as sections 3 and 4 and adding a new section designated sec. 2, following section 1, to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. Chapter 67 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, a person who lives 65 miles or more from the justice’s court is exempt from serving as a trial juror. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the justice’s court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror lives 65 miles or more from the justice’s court, the justice’s court shall order the juror excused from all service as a trial juror, if the juror so desires.”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 6, by deleting “citizens” and inserting:
“[citizens] qualified electors, whether or not registered as voters,”.
Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 8 through 11 and inserting:
“2. In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, the justice may summon to the court, from the qualified electors of the county, whether or not registered as voters, and not from the bystanders, the number of”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 4, renumbering sec. 5 as sec. 6 and adding a new section designated sec. 5, following sec. 3, to read as follows:
“Sec. 5. NRS 6.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:
6.020 1. [Upon] Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and section 2 of this act, upon satisfactory proof, made by affidavit or otherwise, the following-named persons, and no others , [except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3,] are exempt from service as grand or trial jurors:
(a) Any federal or state officer.
(b) Any judge, justice of the peace or attorney at law.
(c) Any county clerk, recorder, assessor, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or police officer.
(d) Any locomotive engineer, locomotive fireman, conductor, brakeman, switchman or engine foreman.
(e) Any officer or correctional officer employed by the department of prisons.
(f) Any employee of the legislature or the legislative counsel bureau while the legislature is in session.
(g) Any physician, optometrist or dentist who is licensed to practice in this state.
(h) Any person who has a fictitious address pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive.
2. All persons of the age of 70 years or over are exempt from serving as grand or trial jurors. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror is over the age of 70 years, the court shall order the juror excused from all service as a grand or trial juror, if the juror so desires.
3. A person who is the age of 65 years or over who lives 65 miles or more from the court is exempt from serving as a grand or trial juror. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror is the age of 65 years or over and lives 65 miles or more from the court, the court shall order the juror excused from all service as a grand or trial juror, if the juror so desires.”.