PRINTER'S NO. 667
No. 601 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, BLACKWELL, FRANKEL, JAMES, W. KELLER,
KIRKLAND, MICOZZIE, MYERS, PALLONE, READSHAW, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, WALKO, J. WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD AND SIPTROTH,
MARCH 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 compensation of jurors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4561(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4561. Compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.
9 (a) Compensation.--A person summoned to serve as a juror
10 shall receive compensation at the rate of [$9] $40 a day for
11 [the first three days] each day in any calendar year he shall be
12 required to report for service [and $25 a day for each day
13 thereafter in such calendar year that such person is required to
14 report]. In addition, persons so summoned shall be paid a travel
15 allowance at the rate of 17¢ per mile circular except that no
16 travel allowance shall be paid in the first judicial district.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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