Bill Text: NY A00814 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the term of office of commissioner of jurors

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A00814 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00814-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          814
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. DelMONTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Judiciary
       AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the term of office of
         commissioner of jurors
         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 504 of the judiciary law, as
    2  added by chapter 316 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
    3    (a) Except in counties  within  cities  having  a  population  of  one
    4  million  or  more,  the  county jury board, or a majority thereof, shall
    5  appoint a commissioner of jurors for a term of [four]  EIGHT  years  and
    6  shall fill any vacancy occurring in such office in the same manner as an
    7  original  appointment.  The  county  jury  board may, in its discretion,
    8  appoint the county clerk or other county officer or employee to serve as
    9  commissioner of jurors. A county clerk's term of office as  commissioner
   10  shall be coterminus with his OR HER term of office as county clerk.
   11    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the
   12  term of office of each commissioner of jurors appointed, pursuant to the
   13  provisions of subdivision (a) of section 504 of the judiciary law, prior
   14  to such effective date, who is in office on such date, shall be extended
   15  by an additional four years.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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