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2019 SESSION
19107089DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-341.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-341.2. Deferral or limitation of jury service for particular occupational inconvenience or for persons who have legal custody and are responsible for a child.
The court, at the request of a person selected for jury
service or on its own motion, may exempt any person from jury service for a
particular term of court, or limit that person's service to particular dates of
that term, if serving on a jury during that term or certain dates of that term
of court would cause such person a particular occupational inconvenience. Any
such person who is selected for jury service, and who is exempted under the
provisions of this section, shall not be discharged from his obligation to
serve on a jury, but such obligation shall only be deferred until the term of
court next after such particular occupational inconvenience shall end
ends. For purposes of this section, "occupational inconvenience"
includes inconvenience to a person (i) who, during the term of court for
which such person is selected for jury service, is enrolled as a full-time
student at an accredited public or private institution of higher education and
who is attending classes at such institution during such term and (ii) who
has legal custody of an is necessarily and personally responsible for a child
or children 16 years of age or younger requiring continuous care by him during
normal court hours. The provisions of this section shall not interfere
with the exemption available under subdivision 8 of § 8.01-341.1.