Senate Bill S2635

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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

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

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2009-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2923
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง517, Judy L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3138

2009-S2635 (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-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2635 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2635

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. PADAVAN, DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, MORAHAN -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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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