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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 a sufficient excuse; prohibiting a 5
court from imposing a term of imprisonment on any such 6
person who is found in contempt of court unless the 7
person is able to obtain legal representat ion; 8
providing an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 40.23, Florida 13
Statutes, is amended to read: 14
40.23 Summoning jurors. — 15
(3)(a) Any person who is duly summoned to attend as a 16
juror in any court and who fails to attend without a any 17
sufficient excuse is subject to the following sanctions or any 18
combination thereof: 19
1. shall pay A fine not to exceed $1,000 $100, which fine 20
shall be imposed by the court to which the juror was summoned. 21
2. A term of imprisonment not to exceed 3 days. 22
3. An order to perform community service. , and, 23
(b) In addition to the sanctions specified in paragraph 24
(a), the such failure to attend as a juror without a sufficient 25
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excuse may be considered a contempt of court. However, the court 26
may not order any term of imprisonment for a person found in 27
contempt of court under this paragraph unless the person is able 28
to obtain legal representation. 29
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 30