Assembly Bill A9273

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to jury pools for United States District Courts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9273 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7196
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §537, Lab L; amd §697, Tax L; amd §20, Soc Serv L

2015-A9273 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to jury pools for United States district courts; broadens jury pools for selection.

2015-A9273 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9273

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MORELLE, PEOPLES-STOKES, COOK, MAGNARELLI, MAYER,
  CUSICK,  GALEF,  GOTTFRIED, STIRPE, MILLER, JEAN-PIERRE, STECK, SIMON,
  LINARES, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  BRAUN-
  STEIN,  DILAN,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  MAGEE  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the labor law, the tax law and the social services  law,
  in relation to jury pools for United States district courts

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

  Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 537  of  the  labor
law,  as  amended by chapter 551 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read
as follows:
  b. Chief administrator of the courts; commissioners of jurors;  county
clerks;  CHIEF  JUDGES  OF  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS; CLERKS OF THE
COURT OR JURY ADMINISTRATORS OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS.
  (I) The commissioner shall provide  lists  of  the  names  of  persons
receiving  unemployment insurance benefits to the chief administrator of
the courts, appointed pursuant to section two hundred ten of the judici-
ary law. The lists shall be provided for the sole purpose of integration
into lists of prospective jurors as provided by section five hundred six
of the judiciary law. The chief administrator of the courts  shall  upon
request provide information from the lists to the commissioner of jurors
in  each county or, in a county within a city having a population of one
million or more, the county clerk of said county, solely for the purpose
of compiling lists of prospective jurors for the appropriate county. The
lists of persons receiving  unemployment  insurance  benefits  shall  be
provided  only  pursuant  to  a  cooperative agreement between the chief
administrator of the courts and the commissioner that is consistent with
all federal regulations or requirements governing such  disclosures  and
guarantees that all necessary steps shall be taken by the chief adminis-
trator  of the courts, the commissioners of jurors and the county clerks
to insure that the lists are kept confidential  and  that  there  is  no
unauthorized  use  or  disclosure  of such lists. Furthermore, the lists
will be provided only if the chief administrator of  the  courts  deter-

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

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