On the recommendation of a blue ribbon commission, the Judicial Council charged a task force with producing a standardized one-step jury summons for optional use throughout the state. The task force researched the varied one-step summonses already in use and collected input from focus groups. It then developed a model summons that was piloted in several courts in 2003 and rolled out to more courts in 2004 and 2005:

• The model summons is easy to read and has a simple, clean design.
• Introductory information on the court system, which once occupied space in some summonses, was moved to a separate pamphlet.
• Each court can adapt the model summons to fit its local situation.