Illinois Statutes Chapter 720. Criminal Offenses § 5/32-4b. Bribery for excuse from jury duty

(a) A jury commissioner or any other person acting on behalf of a jury commissioner commits bribery for excuse from jury duty, when he or she knowingly requests, solicits, suggests, or accepts financial compensation or any other form of consideration in exchange for a promise to excuse or for excusing any person from jury duty.

(b) Sentence. Bribery for excuse from jury duty is a Class 3 felony. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a jury commissioner convicted under this Section shall forfeit the performance bond required by Section 1 of “An Act in relation to jury commissioners and authorizing judges to appoint such commissioners and to make rules concerning their powers and duties”, approved June 15, 1887, as amended,  1 and shall be excluded from further service as a jury commissioner.