PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 42 PRINTER'S NO. 934
No. 40 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, KOSINSKI, WOGAN, HALUSKA, JOHNSON, VEON,
DOMBROWSKI, E. Z. TAYLOR, MRKONIC, SCHEETZ, RAYMOND, NOYE,
CAWLEY, STUBAN, ITKIN, GODSHALL, COLAIZZO, KAISER, PRESTON,
PETRARCA, CAPPABIANCA AND BELARDI, JANUARY 18, 1989
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 14, 1989
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(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 or an
12 employee of the Commonwealth attending a CIVIL proceeding during <--
13 working hours in his capacity AND WITHIN HIS SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT <--
14 as an employee of the Commonwealth, shall be paid at the rate of
15 $5 per day during the necessary period of attendance. A witness
16 under the act of March 30, 1937 (P.L.115, No.40), known as
17 ["]The First Class City Permanent Registration Act["], shall be
1 paid at the rate of $20 per day. An employee of the Commonwealth
2 WHO ATTENDS A CIVIL PROCEEDING DURING WORKING HOURS IN HIS <--
3 CAPACITY AND WITHIN HIS SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF
4 THE COMMONWEALTH shall be paid at the per day rate of
5 compensation he is entitled to receive for work performed for
6 the Commonwealth.
7 (c) Travel.--Every witness, except a salaried police officer
8 attending a coroner's inquest during working hours or an
9 employee of the Commonwealth attending a CIVIL proceeding during <--
10 working hours in his capacity AND WITHIN HIS SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT <--
11 as an employee of the Commonwealth, shall be paid mileage at the
12 rate of 7¢ for each mile circular actually and necessarily
13 travelled between the place named in the subpoena and the place
14 of residence of the witness. An employee of the Commonwealth WHO <--
15 ATTENDS A CIVIL PROCEEDING DURING WORKING HOURS IN HIS CAPACITY
16 AND WITHIN HIS SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE
17 COMMONWEALTH shall be paid mileage at the per mile rate he is
18 entitled to receive for official travel performed for the
19 Commonwealth.
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21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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