Assembly Actions -
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Assembly Bill A10687
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GLICK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Robin Schimminger
Sandy Galef
Steven Cymbrowitz
Steven Otis
2019-A10687 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Judiciary Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §517, Judy L
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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