New York S 6090: Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over

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S06090 Summary:

BILL NOS06090 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01134

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRROLISON, SKOUFIS

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Amd §517, Judy L

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Provides for an optional excuse from jury service for persons age 70 and over.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6090

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to optional excusal from
 jury service for persons age 70 and over

 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 517 of the judiciary law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
 3 (3) An application for excusal from the whole of the time of jury
 4 service shall be granted hereunder upon the request of any person who is
 5 seventy years of age or over made to the commissioner of jurors, without
 6 any need to show mental or physical incapacity, undue hardship or
 7 extreme inconvenience to the applicant. The application with proof of
 8 age shall be presented to the commissioner by mail, fax, email or in
 9 person at such time as such commissioner shall require.
 10 § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 517 of the judiciary law, as amended
 11 by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
 12 (c) [In] Except as provided in paragraph three of subdivision (a) of
 13 this section, in determining whether an application for excusal should
 14 be granted, the commissioner or the court shall consider whether the
 15 applicant has a mental or physical condition that causes [him or her]
 16 such applicant to be incapable of performing jury service or there is
 17 any other fact which indicates that attendance for jury service in
 18 accordance with the summons would cause undue hardship or extreme incon-
 19 venience to the applicant, a person under [his or her] such applicant's
 20 care or supervision, or the public. Except as provided in paragraph two
 21 of subdivision (a) of this section, in determining whether an applica-
 22 tion for postponement should be granted, the commissioner or the court
 23 shall be guided by standards promulgated by the chief administrator of
 24 the courts.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
 26 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03194-01-5

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