The proposed amendments to Senate Bill No. aim to update section 27-09.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, which pertains to the compilation and maintenance of the master jury list. The bill allows the master list to include not only actual voters but also individuals receiving unemployment compensation, public assistance, child care assistance, registered vehicle owners, licensed drivers, public utility customers, property taxpayers, and names from tribal registries if provided by federally recognized Indian tribes. The language has been modified to clarify that the master list may consist of these categories, and it emphasizes the importance of avoiding duplication of names.

Additionally, the bill stipulates that those who have custody of the lists used to compile the master list must make them available to the court in electronic form. It also establishes that while the master list will be open for public examination, information used to compile it from public assistance and child care assistance lists will remain confidential and can only be used by the court for creating the master list. Furthermore, the bill includes a provision for the Department of Health and Human Services to seek a state plan amendment to allow the disclosure of public assistance lists, with the effective date of the amendments contingent upon the approval of this state plan.

Statutes affected:
PREFILED: 27-09.1-05
Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee: 27-09.1-05
INTRODUCED: 27-09.1-05