Bill Text: PA HB1116 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for compensation of jurors.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB1116 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1116-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1211
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1116 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, FRANKEL, STURLA, M. O'BRIEN, JOSEPHS, STABACK AND WAGNER, MARCH 17, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 17, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
compensation of jurors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4561(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4561. Compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.
(a) Compensation.--A person summoned to serve as a juror
shall receive compensation at the rate of [$9] $40 a day for
[the first three days] each day in any calendar year he shall be
required to report for service [and $25 a day for each day
thereafter in such calendar year that such person is required to
report]. In addition, persons so summoned shall be paid a travel
allowance at the rate of 17¢ per mile circular except that no
travel allowance shall be paid in the first judicial district.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.