PRINTER'S NO. 1408
No. 1222 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, FRYER, RITTER, MEBUS AND WEIDNER,
MAY 5, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 6, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.851, No.153), entitled "An
2 act fixing the pay and mileage of jurors and witnesses,"
3 increasing the compensation and mileage of jurors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1, act of May 22, 1933 (P.L.851, No.153),
7 entitled "An act fixing the pay and mileage of jurors and
8 witnesses," amended October 15, 1959 (P.L.1322, No.446), is
9 amended to read:
10 Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the time
11 this act takes effect, the pay of jurors in this Commonwealth
12 shall be [nine dollars ($9)] twenty dollars ($20) per day.
13 Section 2. Section 1.1 of the act, amended September 16,
14 1961 (P.L.1349, No.600), is amended to read:
15 Section 1.1. Every juror shall be paid mileage at the rate
16 of [seven] twelve cents for each mile he actually travels in
17 going to such place from his place of residence and returning
18 each day he is required to be present as a member of the jury
1 panel and actually makes the trip and is recorded as being
2 present in the court, but not for a greater number of miles than
3 would be required for traveling by the usually-traveled route
4 between those places multiplied by the number of days he has met
5 the conditions required above.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1976.
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