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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 607A.8, Code 2001, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 607A.8 FEES AND EXPENSESFORRELATED TO JURORS. 1 4 Grand jurors and petit jurors in all courts shall receive 1 5tenfifty dollars as compensation for each day's service or 1 6 attendance, including attendance required for the purpose of 1 7 being considered for service, reimbursement for mileage 1 8 expenses at the rate specified in section 602.1509 for each 1 9 mile traveled each day to and from their residences to the 1 10 place of service or attendance, and reimbursement for actual 1 11 expenses of parking, as determined by the clerk. A juror who 1 12 is a person with a disability may receive reimbursement for 1 13 the costs of alternate transportation from the juror's 1 14 residence to the place of service or attendance. A juror 1 15 shall not receive reimbursement for mileage expenses or actual 1 16 expenses of parking when the juror travels in a vehicle for 1 17 which another juror is receiving reimbursement for mileage and 1 18 parking expenses. If an employer compensates an employee for 1 19 each day of service or attendance under this section, the 1 20 employer shall be reimbursed by the clerk of court. An 1 21 employer shall receive a reimbursement the equivalent of the 1 22 employee's usual rate of pay for each hour of the employee's 1 23 service or attendance up to a maximum of fifty dollars a day. 1 24 The employer, before being reimbursed, shall provide proof to 1 25 the clerk of court that the employee was compensated by the 1 26 employer. 1 27 Sec. 2. Section 625.8, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 28 following new subsection: 1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. The clerk of the district court shall 1 30 tax as a court cost the total cost of reimbursement paid to 1 31 any employer under section 607A.8. 1 32 Sec. 3. Section 625.8, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 33 following new subsection: 1 34 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Reimbursement of the costs under 1 35 subsection 1A shall be deposited in the fund created in 2 1 section 602.1302, subsection 3. 2 2 EXPLANATION 2 3 This bill raises the rate of compensation for grand or 2 4 petit jurors from $10 to $50. 2 5 The bill also provides that an employer who compensates an 2 6 employee at the employee's usual rate of pay for each day of 2 7 service on a grand or petit jury shall be reimbursed at a rate 2 8 up to $50 per day, and an employee's service includes 2 9 attendance required for the purpose of being considered for 2 10 service. The bill provides that the employer shall be 2 11 reimbursed by the clerk of court up to the equivalent hourly 2 12 pay for the employee for each hour served, up to the maximum 2 13 of $50 per day. The bill requires an employer to provide the 2 14 clerk of court with proof that the employee was compensated 2 15 for attendance or service on a jury before the employer will 2 16 be reimbursed. 2 17 The bill also provides that any reimbursement paid to an 2 18 employer under this bill shall be taxed as a court cost under 2 19 Code section 625.8. The bill provides that any costs 2 20 recovered by the clerk of court shall be deposited in the 2 21 revolving fund established in Code section 602.1302. 2 22 Current law provides that a juror be paid $10 per day for 2 23 service. Employers are not currently reimbursed directly by 2 24 the court for compensating their employees for service on a 2 25 jury. 2 26 LSB 6035SS 79 2 27 jm/sh/8.1
Text: SF02052 Text: SF02054 Text: SF02000 - SF02099 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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