Bill Text: NY A05106 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to excluding voter registration lists from the sources of names for jurors
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A05106 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A05106-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5106 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 10, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to excluding voter regis- tration lists from the sources of names for jurors THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 506 of the judiciary law, as amended by section 109 2 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 S 506. Source of names. The commissioner of jurors shall cause the 5 names of prospective jurors to be selected at random [from the voter 6 registration lists, and] from such [other] available lists of the resi- 7 dents of the county as the chief administrator of the courts shall spec- 8 ify, such as lists of utility subscribers, licensed operators of motor 9 vehicles, registered owners of motor vehicles, state and local taxpay- 10 ers, persons applying for or receiving family assistance, medical 11 assistance or safety net assistance, persons receiving state unemploy- 12 ment benefits and persons who have volunteered to serve as jurors by 13 filing with the commissioner their names and places of residence. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08591-01-9