Florida Senate - 2010                                      SB 86
       
       
       
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       31-00167-10                                             201086__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to excuse from jury service; amending
    3         s. 40.013, F.S.; expanding parental eligibility to be
    4         excused from jury service; providing an effective
    5         date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 40.013, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         40.013 Persons disqualified or excused from jury service.—
   12         (4) Any expectant mother, any mother who is breastfeeding a
   13  child under 2 years of age, and any parent who is not employed
   14  full time and who has custody of a child under 6 years of age,
   15  upon request, shall be excused from jury service.
   16         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.