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Senate Bill S4768

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides an exemption from jury duty for service as an election inspector, poll clerk or election coordinator

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2015-S4768 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2015-S4768 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides an exemption from jury duty for service as an election inspector, poll clerk or election coordinator.

2015-S4768 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4768 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4768

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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 providing an exemption
  from jury duty for service as an election  inspector,  poll  clerk  or
  election coordinator

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the  judi-
ciary  law,  as  added  by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
read as follows:
  (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, AND (IV) THE PROSPECTIVE
JUROR IS TO ACT AS AN ELECTION INSPECTOR, POLL CLERK OR ELECTION COORDI-
NATOR PURSUANT TO TITLE FOUR OF  ARTICLE  THREE  OF  THE  ELECTION  LAW,
DURING THE TIME OF SUCH PROSPECTIVE JUROR'S JURY SERVICE.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09944-02-5

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