1. Statewide jury information system. (a) General rule.-- Notwithstanding any prohibition found in any other law, regulation or rule to the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Section: 45211
Jurisdiction: PA
Bluebook Citation: 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 45211
§ 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.
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