PRINTER'S NO. 1096
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
894
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MATZIE, D. COSTA, READSHAW, DeLUCA, BARRAR,
THOMAS, BROWNLEE, SCHREIBER, STURLA, BISHOP, MURT, C. PARKER,
V. BROWN AND PASHINSKI, APRIL 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors,
further providing for compensation of and travel allowance
for jurors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4561 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4561. Compensation of and travel allowance for jurors.
(a) Compensation.--[A person summoned to serve as a juror
shall receive compensation at the rate of $9 a day for the first
three days in any calendar year he shall be required to report
for service and $25 a day for each day thereafter in such
calendar year that such person is required to report. In
addition, persons so summoned shall be paid a travel allowance
at the rate of 17¢ per mile circular except that no travel
allowance shall be paid in the first judicial district.]
Employers shall pay a person summoned to serve as a juror at the
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