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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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

     Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Nesselbush, Quezada, Lombardi, and Conley

     Date Introduced: January 15, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

hereby amended to read as follows:

     9-29-5. Jurors' fees.

     All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day's attendance on the superior court

twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2020, which shall increase to each

fifteen dollars ($15.00), thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day commencing July 1, 2021 and

thereafter. The and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem

necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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

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     This act would raise the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from

fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2020,

and increase to thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day commencing July 1, 2021 and thereafter.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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