Sec. 51-222a. Preparation of master or final list. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 51-222a. Preparation of master or final list. (a) Annually, upon the request of the Jury Administrator, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall supply the Jury Administrator with the latest updated file of licensed motor vehicle operators for the state. Upon the request of the Jury Administrator, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall supply the Jury Administrator with the most recent updated list of residents of this state who have a permanent place of abode in this state and who filed a return on personal income under chapter 229 in the last tax year, and the Labor Commissioner shall supply the Jury Administrator with the most recent updated list of residents of this state who are recipients of unemployment compensation under chapter 567. In addition, upon the request of the Jury Administrator, the registrars of voters of each town shall supply a list of all electors from their town, except that in lieu of such list from the registrars of voters, the Jury Administrator may obtain the list of all electors from a central repository, or if such list is not available, may contract for the creation and purchase of such list. The registrars of voters shall provide lists of electors to the contractor at the request of the Jury Administrator. Annually, upon the request of the Jury Administrator, the Commissioner of Public Health shall supply the Jury Administrator with the most recent updated list of deceased persons. The lists supplied to the Jury Administrator under this subsection shall be in the format prescribed by the Jury Administrator and shall include, at a minimum, the name, address and, if available, date of birth of each person on such list or the reason for the unavailability. The lists supplied by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Commissioner of Revenue Services, the Commissioner of Public Health and the Labor Commissioner to the Jury Administrator under this subsection shall also include the federal Social Security number of each person on such list or the reason for the unavailability. The lists of electors supplied to the Jury Administrator by registrars of voters or the Secretary of the State under this subsection shall not include federal Social Security numbers of persons on such lists.

      (b) The Jury Administrator shall compile a list of names of electors, residents of this state appearing on the most recent updated list of operators of motor vehicles licensed pursuant to chapter 246, residents who filed a return on personal income under chapter 229 in the last tax year and recipients of unemployment compensation under chapter 567.

      (c) Annually the Jury Administrator shall combine the names from the lists compiled under subsection (b) of this section. The Jury Administrator shall delete, where possible, duplicate names in order to insure that names occurring on any list are given only a single chance to be selected and shall delete, where possible, the names of persons who may be excluded from the list compiled pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51-217 and the names appearing on the list of deceased persons supplied by the Commissioner of Public Health.

      (d) The Jury Administrator shall select, at random from the list compiled as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the number of names required by section 51-220. These names for each town in the state and the names of persons whose jury service was continued from the previous jury year shall constitute such town's final list of prospective jurors for service starting the next succeeding September. The final list for each town shall contain the name and street address of each prospective juror. In the event that a new master file is unavailable or defective, the Chief Court Administrator may authorize the Jury Administrator to continue to summon jurors from the list compiled pursuant to subsection (c) of this section during the previous year.

      (e) If the Jury Administrator determines at any time that there is a need to supplement the number of names on the final list of jurors for each town within a judicial district, the Jury Administrator, so far as he or she is able, shall select in proportion to the population of each town, at random, from the names not selected pursuant to subsection (d) of this section such number of prospective jurors as the Jury Administrator determines is necessary.

      (P.A. 82-11, S. 3, 12; P.A. 83-295, S. 26, 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, S. 6, 18; P.A. 84-393, S. 8, 18, 20; P.A. 86-278, S. 7, 12; P.A. 94-169, S. 10, 20; P.A. 96-179, S. 3; P.A. 97-200, S. 6; P.A. 98-81, S. 7; P.A. 99-268, S. 38, 46; P.A. 00-116, S. 3, 4, 7; 00-169, S. 22, 36; P.A. 01-195, S. 56, 181.)

      History: P.A. 82-11, S. 3, effective October 1, 1982, and applicable to the summoning of jurors who are summoned for jury duty on and after September 1, 1982; P.A. 83-295 amended Subsec. (b) to require the jury administrator to use "twice" the percentage of a town's voter list which is determined necessary to meet the town's juror requirement, effective June 9, 1983, and applicable to selection and summoning of jurors for jury duty on or after September 1, 1983; 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, amended Subsec. (c) by replacing "master list" with "final list" and providing that such list shall include names of persons whose jury service was continued from the previous year; P.A. 84-393 repealed amendments enacted by June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-5, amended Subsec. (a), making provisions applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or before August 31, 1986, and added Subsec. (b) re list of motor vehicle operators and preparation of master list by jury administrator, applicable to jurors selected and summoned to serve on or after September 1, 1986; P.A. 86-278 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re supplement to final list for each town within a judicial district of such number of prospective jurors as the jury administrator deems necessary; P.A. 94-169 eliminated obsolete provisions, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 96-179 revised section to include lists of motor vehicle operators, residents who are subject to personal income tax, recipients of public assistance and unemployment compensation for juror selection process commencing September 1, 1997, and to provide that Jury Administrator shall notify judiciary committee not later than February 1, 1997, if any of specific lists cannot be incorporated in juror selection list; P.A. 97-200 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re list of licensed motor vehicle operators or registered motor vehicle owners, deleting requirement of list of residents who are recipients of public assistance and adding provisions re list of electors and requirement that all lists supplied to Jury Administrator be in format prescribed by Jury Administrator, made corresponding changes and rephrased Subsecs. (b) and (c), and in Subsecs. (d) and (e) deleted references to selection by rotation; P.A. 98-81 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting "subject to taxation on personal income under chapter 229" and adding "who filed a return on personal income under chapter 229 in the last tax year"; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) by prohibiting electors lists supplied to the Jury Administrator from including federal Social Security numbers and made technical changes, effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 00-116 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that, upon request, the Commissioner of Public Health shall annually provide Jury Administrator with most recent updated list of deceased persons, amended Subsec. (c) to authorize Jury Administrator to delete names excluded from list pursuant to Sec. 51-217(c) and names of deceased persons, and amended Subsec. (d) to provide that in event new master file is unavailable or defective, the Chief Court Administrator may authorize Jury Administrator to summon jurors using list compiled during previous year, effective September 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: P.A. 00-116, S. 4, effective September 1, 2002, made identical amendments); P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsecs. (d) and (e), effective July 11, 2001.