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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, BOYD, CLYMER, DENLINGER, FARRY, GEIST, GINGRICH, HENNESSEY, HESS, METZGAR, MILLER, MURT, PEIFER AND QUINN, MARCH 15, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 15, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for |
3 | compensation and expenses of witnesses. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 5903(b) and (c) of Title 42 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 5903. Compensation and expenses of witnesses. |
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10 | (b) Compensation.--Every witness, except a salaried police |
11 | officer attending a coroner's inquest during working hours, |
12 | shall be paid at the rate of [$5] $10 per day during the |
13 | necessary period of attendance. A witness under the act of March |
14 | 30, 1937 (P.L.115, No.40), known as ["]The First Class City |
15 | Permanent Registration Act["], shall be paid at the rate of $20 |
16 | per day. |
17 | (c) Travel.--Every witness, except a salaried police officer |
18 | attending a coroner's inquest during working hours, shall be |
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1 | paid mileage at the rate [of 7ยข] equal to the highest rate |
2 | allowed by the Internal Revenue Service for each mile circular |
3 | actually and necessarily travelled between the place named in |
4 | the subpoena and the place of residence of the witness. |
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6 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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