BILL NUMBER: S2744A
SPONSOR: HOYLMAN-SIGAL
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the judiciary law, in relation to increasing the amount
of allowance that trial and grand jurors are entitled to in each court
of the unified court system
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this legislation is to increase the entitled allowance
amount that trial and grand jurors receive in each court of the unified
court system.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Subdivision (a) of Section 521 of the judiciary law is
amended to increase the allowance amount of jury duty pay to seventy-two
($72) dollars per day for every day of physical attendance when the
court convenes pursuant to the limitations of section 519 of the judici-
ary law.
Section 2. Section 519 of the judiciary law, as added by section 3 of
chapter 85 of the laws of 1995, is amended to reflect the increased
amount of a juror's daily wages to seventy-two dollars ($72) per eligi-
ble day.
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation would provide for an increase in the amount of jury
duty pay equal to the sum of seventy-two ($72) dollars to reflect the
increased cost of living since the last jury duty pay increase approval
over twenty years ago. To burden our citizens with an unfair wage for
adhering to their judicial duty is a disservice to the citizens of New
York. Currently, food and transportation costs, parking and other
expenses associated with being a juror make it economically unfeasible
and heavily burden our citizens who must abide by their civic obli-
gations. This legislation would increase the amount of jury duty pay
from forty dollars to seventy-two dollars, thus providing a fairer wage
and a more willing jury pool.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.793 of 2021-2022 (Hoylman): Passed Senate
S.5709 of 2019-2020 (Hoylman): Died in Judiciary
A.4673-A of 2019-2020 (DenDekker): Died in Ways and Means
A.5433 of 2017-2018 (DenDekker): Died in Ways and Means.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of April after it shall have
become law.
Statutes affected: S2744: 521 judiciary law, 519 judiciary law
S2744A: 521 judiciary law, 519 judiciary law