S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8375
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 11, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to increasing the amount
of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court
of the unified court system
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 521 of the judiciary law, as
amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, trial and
grand jurors in each court of the unified court system shall be entitled
to an allowance equal to the sum of [forty] SIXTY-THREE dollars per day
for each and every day of physical attendance wherein the court
convenes, except that no person who is employed shall be entitled to
receive such allowance if, pursuant to section five hundred nineteen of
this article, his or her employer is prohibited from withholding the
first [forty] SIXTY-THREE dollars of wages of such person during such
period and such person's daily wages equal or exceed [forty] SIXTY-THREE
dollars. If such person's daily wages are less than [forty] SIXTY-THREE
dollars, he or she shall be entitled to receive an allowance hereunder
equal to the difference between [forty] SIXTY-THREE dollars and the
amount of his or her daily wages. Such fees and those expenses actually
and necessarily incurred in providing food and lodging for jurors shall
be a state charge payable out of funds appropriated to the office of
court administration for that purpose.
S 2. Section 519 of the judiciary law, as added by section 3 of chap-
ter 85 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
S 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is
summoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and
who notifies his or her employer to that effect prior to the commence-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ment of a term of service shall not, on account of absence from employ-
ment by reason of such jury service, be subject to discharge or penalty.
An employer may, however, withhold wages of any such employee serving as
a juror during the period of such service; provided that an employer who
employs more than ten employees shall not withhold the first [forty]
SIXTY-THREE dollars of such juror's daily wages during the first three
days of jury service. Withholding of wages in accordance with this
section shall not be deemed a penalty. Violation of this section shall
constitute a criminal contempt of court punishable pursuant to section
seven hundred fifty of this chapter.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.