S0057

	2017 -- S 0057
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

	Introduced By: Senator Elizabeth A. Crowley
	Date Introduced: January 18, 2017
	Referred To: Senate Judiciary
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 9-29-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-29 entitled "Fees" is
2	hereby amended to read as follows:
3	9-29-5. Jurors' fees.
4	All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day's attendance on the superior court
5	twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2018 which shall increase to each
6	fifteen dollars ($15.00) thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day, commencing July 1, 2019 and
7	thereafter. and the The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem
8	necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
9	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES
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1	This act would raise the jurors' fees for each day's attendance on the superior court to
2	twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2018 and increase to thirty-five dollars
3	($35.00) per day commencing July 1, 2019 and thereafter.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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