Sec. 51-224. Incomplete list. Preparation of subsequent list.

If a registrar of voters of a town, after a request from the Jury Administrator pursuant to section 51-222a, fails to provide the list to the Jury Administrator or to the Jury Administrator's representative, the Jury Administrator shall notify the state's attorney for the judicial district of the town from which such list has not been received and shall, at the same time, notify the registrar of voters of such town that such list has not been received. In addition, if the Jury Administrator has not received a list from a registrar of voters of a town, and determines there is a need for additional jurors, the Jury Administrator shall select from the list compiled under subsection (b) of section 51-222a, the names of as many persons as are necessary to make up the number of jurors provided for that town or city, who are in his judgment qualified and eligible to serve.

(1949 Rev., S. 7913; 1951, S. 3165d; P.A. 82-11, S. 7, 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 9, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 9, 18, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 8, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 11, 20; P.A. 96-179, S. 4; P.A. 97-200, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 82-11 replaced references to “jury commissioners” and “clerk of the superior court” with “state jury commission” and “jury administrator”, respectively, and deleted provisions concerning the procedure if a jury committee fails to submit a jury list; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to summoning of jurors for jury duty on and after September 1, 1986, deleted provision re inability of jury commission to prepare list of qualified jurors and replaced state jury commission with jury administrator in provision re selection of jurors if jury committee fails to send list; P.A. 84-393 repealed amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5 and amended Subsec. (a) by adding specific language re erasure from list by state jury commission of persons not qualified to serve as jurors and making provisions of Subsec. applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or before August 31, 1986; and added Subsec. (b) re failure of jury committee to send in list and preparation of subsequent list by jury administrator, applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986; P.A. 86-278 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “or if the jury administrator determines there is a need for additional jurors”; P.A. 94-169 eliminated obsolete provisions, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-179 added reference to list compiled under Sec. 51-222a(b) for juror selection process commencing September 1, 1997; P.A. 97-200 rephrased section and added provision re notification of state's attorney if town fails to provide list.