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House Study Bill 649

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 607A.3, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "Disabled" means a person who has a
  1  4 disability covered by the federal Americans with Disabilities
  1  5 Act, 42 U.S.C. } 12112(a) et seq.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 607A.8, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1  7 follows:
  1  8    607A.8  FEES AND EXPENSES FOR JURORS.
  1  9    Grand jurors and petit jurors in all courts shall receive
  1 10 ten dollars as compensation for each day's service or
  1 11 attendance, including attendance required for the purpose of
  1 12 being considered for service, reimbursement for mileage
  1 13 expenses at the rate specified in section 70A.9 or section
  1 14 602.1509 for each mile traveled each day to and from their
  1 15 residences to the place of service or attendance, and
  1 16 reimbursement for actual expenses of parking, as determined by
  1 17 the clerk.  A juror who is disabled may receive reimbursement
  1 18 for the costs of alternate transportation from the disabled
  1 19 juror's residence to the place of service or attendance.  A
  1 20 juror shall not receive reimbursement for mileage expenses or
  1 21 actual expenses of parking when the juror travels in a vehicle
  1 22 for which another juror is receiving reimbursement for mileage
  1 23 and parking expenses.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 622.69, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
  1 25 is amended to read as follows:
  1 26    Witnesses shall receive ten dollars for each full day's
  1 27 attendance, and five dollars for each attendance less than a
  1 28 full day, and mileage expenses at the rate specified in
  1 29 section 70A.9 pursuant to section 602.1509 for each mile
  1 30 actually traveled.  
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    Section 1 of the bill defined "disabled" as a person who
  1 33 has a disability covered by the federal Americans with
  1 34 Disabilities Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. } 12112(a) et seq.
  1 35    Section 2 of the bill provides that a juror who is disabled
  2  1 may receive reimbursement for the costs of alternate
  2  2 transportation from the disabled juror's residence to the
  2  3 place of the jury service or attendance.  Existing law
  2  4 provides only reimbursement for mileage and parking expenses.
  2  5    Sections 2 and 3 of the bill provide that jurors or
  2  6 witnesses may receive reimbursement for mileage expenses for
  2  7 each mile traveled in an amount that does not exceed a maximum
  2  8 to be established by the supreme court.  Existing law set out
  2  9 in sections 2 and 3 directs in the alternative that in a Code
  2 10 section relating to public officers and employees, the
  2 11 reimbursement of the mileage expenses of jurors or witnesses
  2 12 shall be the amount that is the maximum allowable by federal
  2 13 internal revenue service regulations.  
  2 14 LSB 4251HC 76
  2 15 kah/cf/24
     
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