PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 347
No. 335 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, EARLL, GREENLEAF, RHOADES, ROBBINS,
THOMPSON, WAGNER, WOZNIAK, O'PAKE, SCHWARTZ, WENGER AND
JUBELIRER, FEBRUARY 6, 2001
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 6, 2001
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, authorizing note taking by jurors.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby resolves as follows:
5 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
6 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
7 That section 10 of Article V be amended by adding a
8 subsection to read:
9 § 10. Judicial administration.
10 * * *
11 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c), a
12 trial court shall permit jurors to take notes during the course
13 of a trial and to use those notes during the deliberations of
14 the jury.
15 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
16 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
17 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
1 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
2 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
3 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
4 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
5 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
6 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
7 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
8 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
9 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
10 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
11 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
12 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
13 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
14 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
15 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
16 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
17 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
18 the General Assembly.
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