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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

     

     Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Sosnowski, Jabour, and Conley

     Date Introduced: January 13, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 9-29-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-29 entitled "Fees" is

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hereby amended to read as follows:

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     9-29-5. Jurors' fees. -- All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day's attendance

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on the superior court each fifteen dollars ($15.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day, and the

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general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to carry out the

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purposes of this section.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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     This act would raise the jurors' fees for each day's attendance on the superior court to

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thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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