Assembly Actions -
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May 28, 2014 |
held for consideration in judiciary |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to judiciary |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A1994
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CROUCH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Robert Oaks
Gary Finch
2013-A1994 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1994 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, OAKS, FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an excuse from jury duty for financial hardship related to self-employment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 517 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: S 517. Excuses and postponements. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph two of this subdivision, the commissioner of jurors may, in his or her discretion, on the application of a prospective juror who has been summoned to attend, excuse such prospective juror from a part or the whole of the time of jury service or may postpone the time of jury service to a later day during the same or any subsequent term of the court. The application shall be presented to the commissioner at such time and in such manner as he or she shall require, except that an application for postponement of the initial date for jury service may be made by telephone. (2) An application for postponement of jury service shall be granted hereunder provided: (i) such service has not already been postponed or excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as the commissioner of jurors requires, and (iii) the postponement is to a date certain when the court is in session not more than six months after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence and such date is selected by the prospective juror. (3) AN APPLICATION TO BE EXCUSED FOR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP SHALL BE GRANTED HEREUNDER PROVIDED: (I) SUCH INDIVIDUAL PRODUCES A SWORN STATE- MENT THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL IS SELF-EMPLOYED AND THAT SERVICE WOULD CAUSE A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, (II) THE APPLICATION IS MADE AT SUCH TIME AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS REQUIRES, AND (III) SUCH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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