Bill Text: NY A05248 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts certain qualified persons from jury duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-17 - held for consideration in judiciary [A05248 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05248-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5248
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Judiciary
       AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to jury duty exemptions
         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. JURY DUTY EXEMPTIONS. (A) UPON CLAIMING AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM,
    4  A:
    5    (1) CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER,  AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF
    6  SECTION THREE THOUSAND ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
    7    (2) EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNI-
    8  CIAN, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISIONS SIX AND SEVEN OF SECTION THREE THOUSAND
    9  ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   10    (3)  PAID  FIREMAN OR VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE
   11  OF SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW; OR
   12    (4) VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER,  AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
   13  SECTION THREE OF THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW;
   14  SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM JURY DUTY.
   15    (B) THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL PRESCRIBE A FORM TO BE
   16  USED  THEREFOR.  ANY QUALIFIED PERSON MAY FILE SUCH FORM WITH THE APPRO-
   17  PRIATE COMMISSIONER OF JURORS WHO SHALL  THEREUPON  EXEMPT  SUCH  PERSON
   18  FROM  JURY  DUTY  AS  LONG  AS  SUCH  PERSON  REMAINS  QUALIFIED FOR THE
   19  EXEMPTION GRANTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   21  it shall have become a law; provided that the chief administrator of the
   22  courts is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and
   23  take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective
   24  date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08583-01-5