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Senate Bill S7331

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over

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2015-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9292
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง517, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S2977, A2347
2019-2020: S3332, A429
2021-2022: S7589, A1371
2023-2024: S7903, A8325
2025-2026: S6090, A1134

2015-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over.

2015-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7331

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- 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. THE APPLICATION WITH PROOF OF
AGE SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONER BY MAIL,  FAX,  EMAIL  OR  IN
PERSON AT SUCH TIME AS HE OR SHE SHALL REQUIRE.
  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.
                                                           LBD13873-01-6

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