PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 92, 181 PRINTER'S NO. 281
No. 138 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, COSTA, EARLL, O'PAKE, HOLL, MOWERY,
MURPHY, WAUGH AND SCHWARTZ, JANUARY 26, 2001
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED,
FEBRUARY 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for
3 compensation of multicounty investigating grand jurors and <--
4 reimbursement to counties.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 4553(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 4553. Expenses of investigating grand juries and trials
10 resulting therefrom.
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12 (b) Multicounty.--The expenses of any multicounty
13 investigating grand jury shall be borne by the Commonwealth.
14 (1) Multicounty investigating grand jurors shall be
15 compensated at the rate of $40 for each day that they report
16 for service. Jurors shall be paid a travel allowance at the
17 most current rate that an employee of the Commonwealth OFFICE <--
18 OF ATTORNEY GENERAL on official business would be reimbursed.
1 Jurors shall receive payment of per diem meal expenses in the
2 amounts of $6 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $25 for dinner
3 for any day or portion thereof that the person is serving as
4 a juror. Only those persons who are required, because of the
5 distance from their residence, to obtain overnight
6 accommodations at the site of the multicounty investigating
7 grand jury shall receive payment of a per diem for breakfast
8 and dinner.
9 (2) [In addition, the] The costs and expenses resulting
10 from any trial of a person against whom a presentment has
11 been issued by a multicounty investigating grand jury shall
12 be borne by the Commonwealth. Costs and expenses under this
13 subsection include, but are not limited to, all reasonable
14 costs incurred by the county for the services of the courts,
15 the trial jury, the sheriff, the clerk of courts, the county
16 prison, the district attorney and any public defender
17 appointed by the court, and related costs and expenses
18 incurred by the county in the course of the trial.
19 (3) Counties shall be reimbursed from the General Fund
20 of the Commonwealth upon application to the State Treasurer
21 through the Office of Attorney General pursuant to procedures
22 prescribed by that office.
23 Section 2. Section 4561 of Title 42 is amended by adding a
24 subsection to read:
25 § 4561. Compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.
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27 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "jurors"
28 does not apply to those persons summoned to serve on a
29 multicounty investigating grand jury who are reimbursed under
30 section 4553(b) (relating to expenses of investigating grand
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1 juries and trials resulting therefrom).
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001, or
3 immediately, whichever occurs later.
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