2013 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 2 - ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS (§§ 21 - 30b)
Section 30a - Jury duty exemption of elected officials of legislative branch
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 2 - ORGANIZATION OF CONGRESS Sec. 30a - Jury duty exemption of elected officials of legislative branch |
Contains | section 30a |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-520, title III, §310, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2278. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 104 Stat. 2278 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 101-520 |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State or local law, no elected official of the legislative branch of the United States Government shall be required to serve on a grand or petit jury, convened by any Federal, State or local court, whether such service is requested by judicial summons or by some other means of compulsion.
(b) “Elected official of the legislative branch” shall mean each Member of the United States House of Representatives, the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, the American Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and each United States Senator.
(Pub. L. 101–520, title III, §310, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2278.)
CODIFICATIONSection is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991.
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