Bill Text: HI HB2210 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Jury Duty; Transportation Costs; Bus Fare
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-31 - The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB2210 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB2210-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to jury duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 612-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"§612-8 Pay of jurors; mileage fee; bus fare; parking violations exemption. (a) Each juror or prospective juror shall be paid $30 for each day of actual attendance at court. In addition, each juror or prospective juror shall be paid either:
(1) 33 cents for each mile actually and
necessarily traveled in going to and from court[.]; or
(2) A reasonable amount for bus fare for transportation going to and from court for each day of actual attendance.
A person who appears at the time for which that person is summoned to court for jury duty may be allowed the mileage fee or bus fare although the person, upon that person's request, is subsequently excused or exempted from jury service."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Jury Duty; Transportation Costs; Bus Fare
Description:
Provides for the payment of bus fare to jurors and prospective jurors as an alternative to the mileage fee.
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