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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to juror sanctions; amending s. 40.23, 2
F.S.; revising available sanctions for any person who 3
is duly summoned to attend court as a juror and fails 4
to attend without any sufficient excuse; prohibiting a 5
court from imposing a term of imprisonment on any 6
person who fails to attend as a juror without any 7
sufficient excuse and is found in contempt of c ourt 8
unless the person is able to obtain legal 9
representation; providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 40.23, Florida 14
Statutes, is amended to read: 15
40.23 Summoning jurors.— 16
(3)(a) Any person who is duly summoned to attend as a 17
juror in any court and who fails to attend without any 18
sufficient excuse is subject to the following sanctions or any 19
combination thereof: 20
1. shall pay A fine not to exceed $1,000 $100, which fine 21
shall be imposed by the court to which the juror was summoned . 22
2. A term of imprisonment not to exceed 3 days. 23
3. An order to perform community service. , and, 24
(b) In addition to the sanctions specified in paragraph 25
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(a), the such failure to attend as a juror without any 26
sufficient excuse may be considered a contempt of court. 27
However, the court may not order any term of imprisonment for a 28
person found in contempt of court under this paragraph unless 29
the person is able to obtain legal repr esentation. 30
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 31