Bill Text: NY A04426 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts active volunteer firefighters from jury duty upon claiming exemption therefrom; directs the chief administrator of the courts to prescribe a form to be used therefor; provides that such exemption remains in effect as long as the person remains an active volunteer firefighter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - held for consideration in judiciary [A04426 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04426-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4426
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Judiciary
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  judiciary  law, in relation to exempting active
         volunteer firefighters from jury duty
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 512 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  512.  ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY. 1.  UPON
    4  CLAIMING EXEMPTION THEREFROM, A VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTER,  AS  DEFINED  IN
    5  SECTION  THREE  OF  THE  VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS'  BENEFIT LAW, SHALL BE
    6  EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY.
    7    2. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL PRESCRIBE A FORM TO  BE
    8  USED  THEREFOR.  ANY QUALIFIED PERSON MAY FILE SUCH FORM WITH THE APPRO-
    9  PRIATE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS WHO SHALL  THEREUPON  EXEMPT  SUCH  PERSON
   10  FROM JURY DUTY. SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL REMAIN VALID AS LONG AS SUCH PERSON
   11  REMAINS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   13  it shall have become a law; provided that the chief administrator of the
   14  courts is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and
   15  take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective
   16  date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08406-01-3