CLERK OF COURT & COMPTROLLER
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
In an afternoon ceremony, Victor D. Crist took the Oath as Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller for Hillsborough County, FL. An official swearing-in took place earlier in the day. After the Official Swearing-In Ceremony, Clerk & Comptroller Crist re-deputized the first of three groups of Deputy Clerks.
Recently, new legislation, signed by Florida's Governor, allows new mothers to be excused from jury duty. House Bill 461 introduces an optional exemption for women who have recently given birth. Under this law, any woman who has given birth within six months before the reporting date on the jury summons can request to be excused.