State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013  

286U0332   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1070  

Introduced by:    The Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Chief Justice
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions relating to the failure to fulfill the responsibilities of jury duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 16-13-45 be amended to read as follows:
    16-13-45. If any person summoned to appear as a grand juror or petit juror fails, refuses, or neglects to appear, or willfully fails to complete and return the jury questionnaire, or if having appeared, willfully fails to attend as required by the court, such person shall be considered is guilty of contempt of the court and may be fined by the court in any sum not less than five fifty nor more than fifty five hundred dollars; and if. If any person, when a second order of attachment is issued, neglects or refuses to appear, such person may be fined as above provided and imprisoned by the court not longer than ten days in the county jail.

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