Assembly Bill A2923

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for optional excusal from jury service for persons age 70 or over

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2923 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2635
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง517, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3138

2009-A2923 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for optional excusal from jury service for persons age 70 or over, without any need to show mental or physical incapacity, undue hardship or extreme inconvenience to the applicant.

2009-A2923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2923

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, ENGLEBRIGHT, CLARK, HOYT, MILLMAN,
  ARROYO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, COOK, DelMONTE, HOOP-
  ER, JOHN, P. RIVERA, SWEENEY,  TOWNS,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to optional excusal from
  jury service for persons age 70 and over

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  (a)  of  section 517 of the judiciary law is
amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
  (3) AN APPLICATION FOR EXCUSAL FROM THE WHOLE  OF  THE  TIME  OF  JURY
SERVICE SHALL BE GRANTED HEREUNDER UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY PERSON WHO IS
SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER MADE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS, WITHOUT
ANY  NEED  TO  SHOW  MENTAL  OR  PHYSICAL  INCAPACITY, UNDUE HARDSHIP OR
EXTREME INCONVENIENCE TO THE APPLICANT.
  S 2. Subdivision (c) of section 517 of the judiciary law,  as  amended
by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  (c)  [In]  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
THIS SECTION, IN determining whether an application for  excusal  should
be  granted,  the  commissioner  or the court shall consider whether the
applicant has a mental or physical condition that causes him or  her  to
be incapable of performing jury service or there is any other fact WHICH
indicates  that  attendance  for  jury  service  in  accordance with the
summons would cause undue  hardship  or  extreme  inconvenience  to  the
applicant, a person under his or her care or supervision, or the public.
Except  as provided in paragraph two of subdivision (a) of this section,
in determining whether an application for postponement should be  grant-
ed,  the  commissioner or the court shall be guided by standards promul-
gated by the chief administrator of the courts.
  S 3. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03954-01-9

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