Section 500. Declaration of policy

It is the policy of this state that all
  litigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial  by  jury  shall
  have  the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair
  cross-section of the community  in  the  county  or  other  governmental
  subdivision  wherein  the court convenes; and that all eligible citizens
  shall have the opportunity to serve on grand and  petit  juries  in  the
  courts  of  this  state,  and  shall  have  an  obligation to serve when
  summoned for that purpose, unless excused.