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A RESOLUTION urging the Missouri General Assembly to enact House Bill 33, which would lower the minimum age for qualification for service as a juror from 21 to 18 years of age.
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IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION urging the Missouri General Assembly to enact House Bill 33, which would lower the minimum age for qualification for service as a juror from 21 to 18 years of age.
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RESOLUTION # 11582, January 29, 1997
INTRODUCED BY Lisa White Hardwick, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, pursuant to 494.425, RSMo 1994, persons less than 21 years of age are disqualified from service as grand and petit jurors in the State of Missouri; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that allowing 18 year olds to serve on juries would increase the available juror pool, thus making it more likely that jury venires assigned to individual cases represent a fair cross-section of the community; and,
WHEREAS, House Bill 33, sponsored by Representative Mary Groves Bland of Jackson County, would, if adopted by the General Assembly and signed into law by the Governor, lower the minimum age for qualification for service as a juror from 21 to 18 years of age; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature urges the Missouri General Assembly to adopt House Bill 33 now pending.
Attorney
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution # 11582 of January 29, 1997 was duly passed on __________January 29__________________, 1997 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _______8__________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining _____0______ Absent _____1_______
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Date Mary Jo Brogoto, Clerk of Legislature