2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE › Chapter 45 - Juries and Jurors › Section 4521.1 - Statewide jury information system

§ 4521.1. Statewide jury information system.
(a) General rule.--
Notwithstanding any prohibition found in any other law, regulation or rule to the contrary, the following departments shall submit to the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, in a format provided herein, a list of individuals as designated for that department to be included in a Statewide jury information system on or before October 31 of each year:
(1) The Department of Public Welfare - every individual resident in this Commonwealth who receives cash assistance or food stamps pursuant to a Federal or State program through the department except as prohibited by Federal law or regulation.
(2) The Department of Transportation - every individual resident in this Commonwealth who has been issued a driver's license pursuant to 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15 (relating to licensing of drivers).
(3) The Department of Revenue - every individual resident who files a return for the payment of taxes imposed by the Commonwealth under Article III of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971.
(4) The Department of State - every individual resident who is listed as a registered voter under 25 Pa.C.S. Pt. IV (relating to voter registration).
(b) Identifying information.--
Each list submitted by a department pursuant to subsection (a) shall contain only the following identifying information, if available, of an individual to be included in the Statewide jury information system:
(1) Name, including first, middle and last names, including any suffixes.
(2) Except as provided in 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 67 (relating to domestic and sexual violence victim address confidentiality), each individual's street address, municipality and zip code.
(3) Date of birth.
(4) The last four digits of the individual's Social Security number.
(c) Duties of Court Administrator.--
The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall annually collect information for creation of a Statewide jury information system. This shall be completed by:
(1) Collecting the names from the departments as submitted under subsection (a).
(2) Combining each individual department list submitted into a master list.
(3) Removing any information that identifies the source of the information submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
(4) Assembling the names into groups arranged by the county of residence for each individual on the master list.
(5) Removing duplicate names from each county list.
(d) Dissemination.--
(1) Upon request from the jury selection commission of the county, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall make available to the requesting county the list of names for that county from the Statewide jury information system. In providing the information, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall only provide the name, address and date of birth of each individual on the list being provided. All other identifying information shall be removed from any list made available pursuant to the request. Under no circumstances may the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania include any other identifying information.
(2) Upon request from the Clerk of Court for a United States District Court, the Court Administrator shall make available to the requesting Clerk of Court the list of names for the counties comprising the district within the jurisdiction of the requesting court from the Statewide jury information system. In providing the information, the Court Administrator shall only provide the name, address and date of birth of each individual on the list being provided. All other identifying information shall be removed from any list made available pursuant to the request. Under no circumstances may the Court Administrator include any other identifying information.
(e) Restrictions on use of information.--
Information provided by the departments to the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall be provided by agreement executed by the appropriate authorities. The agreement shall include, but not be limited to, the following conditions:
(1) Information required pursuant to this section will be provided only in an electronic form as determined by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.
(2) The information provided shall be used only for the purpose provided in this section and for no other purpose.
(3) Except for the purpose of internal review and compliance by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, no lists may be printed from the information submitted, created or produced under this section.
(4) Except as provided in section 4521(b) (relating to selection of prospective jurors), any rerelease of the information provided pursuant to this section is strictly prohibited.
(5) The Statewide jury information system and any list provided by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania to the county jury selection commission pursuant to this section may not reveal the source of names on that list or indicate in any way the source of the names submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
(6) Except as provided in section 4521(b), nothing submitted, created or produced under this section shall constitute a public document, nor shall it be subject to release or disclosure under the act of June 21, 1957 (P.L.390, No.212), referred to as the Right-to-Know Law, or any other similar rule, enactment or decision.
(July 17, 2007, P.L.123, No.37, eff. 120 days; July 4, 2008, P.L.286, No.35, eff. July 1, 2008)
2008 Amendment.
Act 35 amended subsec. (d).
2007 Amendment.
Act 37 added section 4521.1.
References in Text.
The act of June 21, 1957, P.L.390, No.212, referred to as the Right-to-Know Law, referred to in subsec. (e)(6), was repealed by the act of Feb. 14, 2008, P.L.6, No.3, known as the Right-to-Know Law.
The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.
Cross References.
Section 4521.1 is referred to in section 4521 of this title.