New York A 2671: Sets the amount of the allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to at the minimum wage

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A02671 Summary:

BILL NOA02671 

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Sets the amount of the allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to at the applicable minimum wage based on the court's location.

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01/21/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2671

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to setting the amount of
 the allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to at the mini-
 mum wage

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 521 of the judiciary law, as
 2 amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, trial and
 5 grand jurors in each court of the unified court system shall be entitled
 6 to an allowance equal to the [sum of forty dollars per day] applicable
 7 minimum wage under section six hundred fifty-two of the labor law based
 8 on the court's location for each and every day of physical attendance
 9 wherein the court convenes, except that no person who is employed shall
 10 be entitled to receive such allowance if, pursuant to section five
 11 hundred nineteen of this article, [his or her] such person's employer is
 12 prohibited from withholding the [first forty dollars of] wages of such
 13 person during such period and such person's daily wages equal or exceed
 14 [forty dollars] such allowance. [If such person's daily wages are less
 15 than forty dollars, he or she shall be entitled to receive an allowance
 16 hereunder equal to the difference between forty dollars and the amount
 17 of his or her daily wages.] Such fees and those expenses actually and
 18 necessarily incurred in providing food and lodging for jurors shall be a
 19 state charge payable out of funds appropriated to the office of court
 20 administration for that purpose.
 21 § 2. Section 519 of the judiciary law, as added by chapter 85 of the
 22 laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 23 § 519. Right of juror to be absent from employment. Any person who is
 24 summoned to serve as a juror under the provisions of this article and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05633-01-5

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 1 who notifies [his or her] such person's employer to that effect prior to
 2 the commencement of a term of service shall not, on account of absence
 3 from employment by reason of such jury service, be subject to discharge
 4 or penalty. An employer may, however, withhold wages of any such employ-
 5 ee serving as a juror during the period of such service; provided that
 6 an employer who employs more than ten employees shall not withhold the
 7 [first forty dollars of such] juror's daily wages during the first three
 8 days of jury service. Withholding of wages in accordance with this
 9 section shall not be deemed a penalty. Violation of this section shall
 10 constitute a criminal contempt of court punishable pursuant to section
 11 seven hundred fifty of this chapter.
 12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 13 have become a law.

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