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SENATE BILL NO. 82 Offered January 14, 1998 A BILL to amend and reenact § 8.01-341 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jury service exemption. ---------- Patron-- Colgan ---------- Referred to the Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8.01-341 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8.01-341. Who are exempt from jury service.

The following shall be exempt from serving on juries in civil and criminal cases:

1. The President and Vice-President of the United States,;

2. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General of the Commonwealth,;

3. The members of both houses of Congress,;

4. The members of the General Assembly, while in session or during a period when the member would be entitled to a legislative continuance as a matter of right under § 30-5,;

5. Licensed practicing attorneys,;

6. The judge of any court, members of the State Corporation Commission, members of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, and magistrates,;

7. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, state police, and police in counties, cities and towns,;

8. The superintendent of the penitentiary and his assistants and the persons composing the guard.;

9. The general registrar of a county or city and any full-time paid assistants and employees of the office of the general registrar during the period sixty calendar days prior to and fifteen calendar days following any election.