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title: O.C.G.A. § 15-12-129.1. Prolonged session of court of record; choosing and summoning prospective jurors.
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# O.C.G.A. § 15-12-129.1. Prolonged session of court of record; choosing and summoning prospective jurors.

On and after July 1, 2012, whenever the session of any court of record is prolonged beyond the week or period for which jurors were electronically selected at the close of the preceding term, or where the judge anticipates that the same is about to be so prolonged, or where from any other cause the court has convened or is about to convene and there have been no jurors chosen for the same, the clerk, in the same manner prescribed for choosing prospective jurors at the close of the regular term, shall choose the names of prospective jurors and shall cause them to be summoned.

## History

Code 1981, § 15-12-129.1, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-49/HB 415.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: ‘‘This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.’’’