Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05144 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/03/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5144
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 23
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5144 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 23

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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. SAMPSON, 80th Dist.

AN ACT PROVIDING A HARDSHIP EXEMPTION FROM JUROR SERVICE TO THE SOLE PROPRIETOR OF A SMALL BUSINESS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 51-217a of the general statutes be amended to provide the court with authority to excuse a juror from juror service upon a finding that such juror is the sole proprietor of a small business.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide a hardship exemption from juror service to the sole proprietor of a small business.