THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY HESS, MARSICO, GEIST, STERN, BARRAR, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, D. COSTA, J. EVANS, HENNESSEY, JOHNSON, M.K. KELLER, METZGAR, MICOZZIE, MILLER, MURT, O'NEILL, READSHAW, STABACK AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 27, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

compensation of witnesses.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5903(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 5903.  Compensation and expenses of witnesses.

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(b)  Compensation.--Every witness, except a salaried police

officer attending a coroner's inquest during working hours,

shall be paid at the rate of [$5] $40 per day during the

necessary period of attendance. [A witness under the act of

March 30, 1937 (P.L.115, No.40), known as "The First Class City

Permanent Registration Act" shall be paid at the rate of $20 per

day.]

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.