| Passed by the House April 18, 2009 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 3, 2009 Yeas 44 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1158 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/14/09. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to electronic signatures for juror declarations; and amending RCW 2.36.072.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 2.36.072 and 1993 c 408 s 9 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Each court shall establish a means to preliminarily determine
by a written or electronic declaration signed under penalty of perjury
by the person summoned, the qualifications set forth in RCW 2.36.070 of
each person summoned for jury duty prior to their appearance at the
court to which they are summoned to serve.
(2) An electronic signature may be used in lieu of a written
signature.
(3) "Electronic signature" means an electric sound, symbol, or
process attached to or logically associated with a document and
executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(4) Upon receipt by the summoning court of a written declaration
stating that a declarant does not meet the qualifications set forth in
RCW 2.36.070, that declarant shall be excused from appearing in
response to the summons. If a person summoned to appear for jury duty
fails to sign and return a declaration of his or her qualifications to
serve as a juror prior to appearing in response to a summons and is
later determined to be unqualified for one of the reasons set forth in
RCW 2.36.070, that person shall not be entitled to any compensation as
provided in RCW 2.36.150. Information provided to the court for
preliminary determination of statutory qualification for jury duty may
only be used for the term such person is summoned and may not be used
for any other purpose, except that the court, or designee, may report
a change of address or nondelivery of summons of persons summoned for
jury duty to the county auditor.