2020 -- H 7078

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

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

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Hull, Williams, Lombardi, and McLaughlin

     Date Introduced: January 10, 2020

     Referred To: House Finance

     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.

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

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twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2021, which shall increase to each

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fifteen dollars ($15.00), thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day commencing July 1, 2022 and

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

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necessary to carry out the 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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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

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

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

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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