Sec. 51-219a. Duties and powers of Jury Administrator. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 51-219a. Duties and powers of Jury Administrator. (a) The Jury Administrator, who is appointed in accordance with section 51-10 and subject to supervision by the Chief Court Administrator, shall be responsible for qualifying, summoning, selecting, managing and utilizing jurors in the Superior Court.

      (b) The Jury Administrator, subject to the approval of the Chief Court Administrator, shall have the authority to study and to implement procedures for the improvement of jury administration, for the reduction of costs of selection and management of jurors, and for the more effective utilization of jurors.

      (c) The Jury Administrator shall have the authority to cancel the service of any juror for good cause, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The town in which the juror resides is reassigned to a different judicial district than that to which the juror was originally summoned, or (2) there is a reduction in the need for jurors. When jury service is canceled due to a reduction in the need for jurors, individuals shall be selected on a random basis for cancellation of jury service.

      (d) The Jury Administrator shall have the authority to receive a list of deceased persons from the Department of Public Health and to delete the names of such persons from the lists compiled pursuant to section 51-222a. The Jury Administrator may exclude the names of additional deceased persons if supplied with a death certificate or other proof satisfactory to the Jury Administrator.

      (P.A. 76-52, S. 1, 8; P.A. 82-248, S. 122; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 3, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 3, 18, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 3, 12; P.A. 97-200, S. 4; P.A. 98-81, S. 12, 20; P.A. 00-116, S. 2, 7.)

      History: P.A. 82-248 replaced "executive secretary of the judicial department" with "chief court administrator", replaced "state-maintained courts" with "superior court" and inserted Subsec. indicators; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to summoning of jurors for jury duty on and after September 1, 1986, deleted "qualifying" in Subsec. (a); P.A. 84-393 repealed amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5 and amended Subsec. (a) by providing that Subsec. (a) applies to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or before August 31, 1986, and added Subsec. (b) re duties and powers of jury administrator applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986; P.A. 86-278 eliminated repetitive language in Subsec. (b) re duties of jury administrator; P.A. 97-200 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re design, implementation and maintenance of a computerized electronic data processing system; P.A. 98-81 added Subsec. (c) re authority of jury administrator to cancel service of juror for good cause, effective May 22, 1998; P.A. 00-116 added Subsec. (d) re authority of Jury Administrator to receive list of deceased persons from Department of Public Health and to delete names of deceased persons, effective September 1, 2000.