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Senate Bill S533

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants excusal from jury duty to persons 70 years of age or older who have documented disabilities or health problems

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2009-S533 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง517, Judy L

2009-S533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants excusal from jury duty to persons 70 years of age or older who have documented disabilities or health problems.

2009-S533 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   533

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- 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 excusal from jury duty
  for persons seventy years of age or older with documented disabilities
  or health problems

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

  Section  1.  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 determining whether an application for excusal should be grant-
ed,  the  commissioner or the court shall consider whether the applicant
has a mental or physical condition that causes him or her to be  incapa-
ble  of  performing  jury service or there is any other fact WHICH indi-
cates 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.   AN  APPLI-
CANT  FOR  EXCUSAL  OF  THE  AGE  OF  SEVENTY YEARS OR OLDER WHO SUBMITS
DOCUMENTATION OF A DISABILITY OR HEALTH PROBLEM SHALL BE DEEMED TO  HAVE
SUFFICIENT  CAUSE  AND SHALL BE EXCUSED FROM ATTENDANCE FOR JURY SERVICE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUMMONS. Except as provided in paragraph  two  of
subdivision  (a)  of this section, in determining whether an application
for postponement should be granted, the commissioner or the court  shall
be  guided  by  standards  promulgated by the chief administrator of the
courts.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first  of  the  calendar  month
next succeeding the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01749-01-9

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