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Concerning jurors, relating to access to certain department of revenue taxpayer information for jury list compilation and juror information confidentiality, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to jurors. Specifically, the bill authorizes the department of revenue to share certain confidential taxpayer personal identification information with the judicial branch for the purpose of compiling jury lists and restricts public release of addresses and dates of birth of prospective jurors.72, concerning the confidentiality of tax information, is amended. The bill authorizes the director of the department of revenue to provide certain tax information to the state court administrator to be used to prepare grand and petit master jury lists.
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The bill provides that tax information provided are the name, date of birth, last four digits of the social security number, and address of the taxpayer and spouse. The bill provides that the information provided shall not include the financial information of the taxpayer.22, concerning source lists for preparing grand and petit master jury lists, is amended to authorize the state court administrator to use taxpayer information provided by the department of revenue for this purpose.72, relating to the release of certain taxpayer information by the department of revenue, are amended to authorize the release of information for purposes of allowing the state court administrator to use the department of revenue income taxpayer list.48 provides that prospective juror year of birth and city and zip code address information are available to the public but that more specific address information, phone numbers, and date and month of birth are confidential and are not subject to disclosure without an order of the court. The bill takes effect January 1, 2023.
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- HF 662 Concerning jurors, relating to access to certain department of revenue taxpayer informatio…88th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
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