§ 9-9-5. Jury commissioner — Term — Appointment and removal.
Whenever a vacancy occurs in the position, whether by expiration of the term of office or otherwise, the presiding justice of the superior court, with the concurrence of a majority of the justices of the court, shall have the power to appoint a jury commissioner who shall be a qualified elector of the state, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding justice and a majority of the justices of the superior court. The jury commissioner’s salary shall be determined and set by the unclassified pay plan board and he or she shall be entitled to the same longevity salary increases as though he or she was in the classified service.
History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 506, § 4; P.L. 1939, ch. 700, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 9-9-5; P.L. 1995, ch. 321, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-9-1.1. - Qualifications of jurors.
Section 9-9-1.2. - Interpreters or readers for jury service.
Section 9-9-2. - Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited.
Section 9-9-3. - Persons exempt from service.
Section 9-9-5. - Jury commissioner — Term — Appointment and removal.
Section 9-9-6. - Vacancies in office of jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-7. - Assistants and expenses of office.
Section 9-9-8 - — 9-9-14. Repealed.
Section 9-9-14.1. - Selection of jurors by use of electronic data processing equipment.
Section 9-9-14.2. - Time of selections.
Section 9-9-15 - — 9-9-21. Repealed.
Section 9-9-22. - Period during which names drawn are liable to service as jurors.
Section 9-9-23. - Investigation of names drawn — Lists of persons well qualified to serve.
Section 9-9-24. - Appeals from jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-25. - Application to pending proceedings.
Section 9-9-26. - Appropriations — Expenses.
Section 9-9-27. - Retention of jury lists.
Section 9-9-28. - Prohibition against loss of employment or longevity benefits.