Assembly Bill A10687

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits elderly individuals to be excused from jury service

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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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2019-A10687 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §517, Judy L

2019-A10687 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits elderly individuals to be excused from jury service without the need to demonstrate any incapacity or hardship.

2019-A10687 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10687
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 1, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at request of M. of A. Glick,
   Schimminger, Galef, Cymbrowitz, Otis, Jaffee, McDonald, Barron, Quart,
   De La Rosa, Lentol, Reyes, Mosley, Zebrowski, Cruz, Dickens,  Gunther,
   Griffin,  Taylor,  Ortiz, Lupardo, Rozic, Lifton, D. Rosenthal, Engle-
   bright, Bronson, Cahill, O'Donnell) -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Judiciary

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the judiciary law, in relation to permitting elderly
   individuals to be excused from jury service;  and  providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   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.
   §  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 indi-
 cates 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 deter-
 mining whether an application for postponement should  be  granted,  the
 commissioner  or  the  court shall be guided by standards promulgated by
 the chief administrator of the courts.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed 2 years after such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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