PRINTER'S NO. 4205
No. 2703 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, ADOLPH, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, FAIRCHILD,
HARHAI, HERSHEY, KORTZ, MILLARD, R. MILLER, PHILLIPS,
READSHAW, SCAVELLO, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, YOUNGBLOOD, SIPTROTH,
EVERETT, SONNEY, MURT, J. WHITE AND COHEN, JULY 9, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 9, 2008
AN ACT
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(c) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5903. Compensation and expenses of witnesses.
9 * * *
10 (c) Travel.--Every witness, except a salaried police officer
11 attending a coroner's inquest during working hours, shall be
12 paid mileage at the business standard mileage rate [of 7¢]
13 established by the Internal Revenue Service for deductible
14 business mileage expenses for each mile circular actually and
15 necessarily travelled between the place named in the subpoena
16 and the place of residence of the witness.
17 * * *
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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