Sec. 51-217a. Jurors excused from service. Option to be considered for service.

(a) A person shall be excused from jury service during the jury year commencing September 1, 1999, and each jury year thereafter, if during the next three preceding jury years such person appeared in a court for jury service and was not excused from such jury service, except that such person may request to be summoned for jury service during such three-jury-year period in the same manner as persons are summoned who are not excused from jury service. Such request may be made at any time with written notice to the Jury Administrator.

(b) The court shall have authority to excuse a juror from juror service, upon a finding of extreme hardship.

(P.A. 84-393, S. 2, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 2, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 5, 20; P.A. 98-81, S. 6; P.A. 08-103, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 86-278 added provisions re excuse from service during jury year commencing September 1, 1986, for service during preceding year and excuse from service during jury year commencing September 1, 1987, and each jury year thereafter, for service during next two preceding years; P.A. 94-169 eliminated obsolete provisions by deleting former Subsecs. (a) and (d) and relettered remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 98-81 amended Subsec. (a) changing “1987” to “1999” and changing “two” to “three” preceding jury years; P.A. 08-103 amended Subsec. (a) to delete requirement re request to be excused from jury service and add provision re excused person may request to be summoned for jury service.