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Assembly Bill A4954
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CURRAN
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
Gary Finch
Andrew Raia
Guillermo Linares
multi-Sponsors
Stephen Hawley
2015-A4954 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A4954 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Exempts active volunteer firefighters from jury duty upon claiming exemption therefrom; directs the chief administrator of the courts to prescribe a form to be used therefor; provides that such exemption remains in effect as long as the person remains an active volunteer firefighter.
2015-A4954 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4954 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to exempting active volunteer firefighters from jury duty THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 512 to read as follows: S 512. ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY. 1. UPON CLAIMING EXEMPTION THEREFROM, A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY. 2. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL PRESCRIBE A FORM TO BE USED THEREFOR. ANY QUALIFIED PERSON MAY FILE SUCH FORM WITH THE APPRO- PRIATE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS WHO SHALL THEREUPON EXEMPT SUCH PERSON FROM JURY DUTY. SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL REMAIN VALID AS LONG AS SUCH PERSON REMAINS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that the chief administrator of the courts is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08049-01-5
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