Title 15, Chapter 12, Section 40
( 15-12-40)
(a) Nonmechanical procedure. (1) At least biennially, unless otherwise directed by the chief
judge of the superior court, the board of jury commissioners shall
compile, maintain, and revise a trial jury list of upright and
intelligent citizens of the county to serve as trial jurors and a
grand jury list of the most experienced, intelligent, and upright
citizens of the county to serve as grand jurors. In composing the
trial jury list, the board of jury commissioners shall select a
fairly representative cross section of the intelligent and upright
citizens of the county. In composing the grand jury list, the
board of jury commissioners shall select a fairly representative
cross section of the most experienced, intelligent, and upright
citizens of the county. In carrying out revisions of the trial
jury list and grand jury list on or after the effective date of
this paragraph, the board of jury commissioners may make use of
any of the following: (A) A list of all residents of the county who are the holders of
drivers' licenses or personal identification cards issued by the
Department of Motor Vehicle Safety pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 5 of Title 40; and the Department of Motor Vehicle
Safety shall periodically make such a list available to the
board of jury commissioners of each county; (B) The registered voters list in the county; and (C) Any other list of persons resident in the county as may be
deemed appropriate by the board of jury commissioners. The Department of Motor Vehicle Safety shall provide a list, which includes the name, address, date of birth, gender, driver's license or personal identification card number issued pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 40, and, whenever racial and ethnic information is collected by the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety for purposes of voter registration pursuant to Code Section 21-2-221, racial and ethnic information, to the board of jury commissioners of each county. No jury list compiled prior to the effective date of this paragraph shall be rendered invalid by the use of or a failure to make use of the sources specified in this Code section. (2) The grand jury list shall not exceed two-fifths of the number
of citizens on the county's most recent trial jury list. (3) Once filed, the lists so created shall constitute the body of
trial and grand jurors for the county, respectively. Except as
otherwise provided in this article, no new names shall be added to
either list until those names originally selected have been
completely exhausted or until a revised list has been properly
created. (b) Mechanical or electronic procedure. (1) In any county using a plan for the selection of persons to serve as jurors by mechanical or electronic means in conformance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-12-42, the board of jury commissioners shall compile and maintain a trial jury list and a grand jury list in conformance with paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section. (2) Once the trial or grand jury lists, or both, are established,
the board of jury commissioners may revise such lists from time to
time by adding new names to the lists, correcting names and other
data on the lists, and deleting names from the lists by reason of
death or other legal cause. (3) The trial jury box for the county shall be taken from the trial jury list established by the board of jury commissioners, and the grand jury box for the county shall be taken from the grand jury list established by the board of jury commissioners. The information contained in the trial and grand jury boxes shall be stored in a security data processing storage bank from which all trial or grand juries in the county shall be selected as provided in the plan adopted pursuant to Code Section 15-12-42. (4) The number of citizens in the grand jury box shall be
established by the board of jury commissioners but shall contain,
as a minimum, a number equal to four times the number of grand
jurors required to be drawn in the county annually, but not to
exceed 5,000 grand jurors. (5) At each selection of trial or grand jurors, the computer shall be programmed to scan the entire appropriate jury box under the formula and plan adopted by the court pursuant to Code Section 15-12-42. (6) In any county utilizing a plan for the selection of persons for the trial and grand jury boxes by mechanical or electronic means in conformance with paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of Code Section 15-12-42, the trial or grand jury box for the county may be compiled from the trial or grand jury list of the county by mechanical or electronic means as provided for in the plan. (c) Other disposition or transfer. In any county in which more than
70 percent of the population of the county according to the United
States decennial census of 1980 or any future such census resides on
property of the United States government which is exempt from
taxation by this state, the population of the county for the purpose
of this Code section shall be deemed to be the total population of
the county minus the population of the county which resides on
property of the United States government other than persons who
reside on property of the United States government within such
county who are registered voters according to the official
registered voters list of the county as most recently revised by the
county board of registrars or other county election officials and
any persons who reside on property of the United States government
within such county who are not registered voters and who have
requested in writing to the board of jury commissioners that their
names be included on the list from which citizens are selected to
serve as jurors and grand jurors by the board of jury commissioners. |