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| 10 | 10 | | 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 |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to juror sanctions; amending s. 40.23, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | F.S.; revising available sanctions for any person who 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | is duly summoned to attend court as a juror and fails 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | to attend without a sufficient excuse; prohibiting a 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | court from imposing a term of imprisonment on any such 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | person who is found in contempt of court unless the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | person is able to obtain legal representat ion; 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 40.23, Florida 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 40.23 Summoning jurors. — 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3)(a) Any person who is duly summoned to attend as a 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | juror in any court and who fails to attend without a any 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | sufficient excuse is subject to the following sanctions or any 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | combination thereof: 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1. shall pay A fine not to exceed $1,000 $100, which fine 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be imposed by the court to which the juror was summoned. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2. A term of imprisonment not to exceed 3 days. 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3. An order to perform community service. , and, 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) In addition to the sanctions specified in paragraph 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a), the such failure to attend as a juror without a sufficient 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | excuse may be considered a contempt of court. However, the court 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | may not order any term of imprisonment for a person found in 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | contempt of court under this paragraph unless the person is able 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | to obtain legal representation. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 30 |
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