Bill Text: NY A06628 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to disqualification of former jurors; allows for a person who has served on a jury for more than fifty days, either consecutively or in the aggregate, to have the option to be deemed incompetent to serve again for the remainder of his or her life.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-10 - referred to judiciary [A06628 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06628-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6628
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. GJONAJ, HOOPER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation  to  disqualification  of
          former jurors
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 524 of the judiciary law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a person  who  has
     4  served on a grand or petit jury for more than fifty days, either consec-
     5  utively or in the aggregate, shall have the option to be deemed incompe-
     6  tent to serve again for the remainder of his or her life.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10496-01-7