Bill Text: NY A08358 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts from jury duty prospective jurors who are age seventy-five or older who make a request to be exempt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A08358 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08358-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8358

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to exempting senior citi-
          zens 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 511 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  511.  Senior  citizens  exempt  from  jury  duty.  1. Upon claiming
     4  exemption therefrom, a prospective juror who is  seventy-five  years  of
     5  age or older, shall be exempt from jury duty.
     6    2.  The chief administrator of the courts shall prescribe a form to be
     7  used therefor. Any qualified person may file such form with  the  appro-
     8  priate  commissioner  of  jurors  who shall thereupon exempt such person
     9  from jury duty. Such exemption shall remain valid unless  such  exempted
    10  person  requests  to  be reinstated as a prospective juror in a form and
    11  manner as promulgated by the chief administrator of the courts.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    13  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    14  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    15  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    16  completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13600-01-3