Senate File 220 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 220 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1079) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 10, 2015 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to expert witness fees. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 SF 220 (2) 86 jh/rj/jh

S.F. 220 Section 1. Section 622.72, Code 2015, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 622.72 Expert witnesses —— fee fees . 3 Witnesses called to testify only to an opinion founded 4 on special study or experience in any branch of science, or 5 to make scientific or professional examinations and state 6 the result thereof, or for whom a statement is admitted 7 into evidence as a health care provider statement in lieu of 8 testimony pursuant to rule of civil procedure 1.281, shall 9 receive additional compensation fees , to be fixed by the court, 10 with reference to the value of the time employed and the degree 11 of learning or skill required; but such additional compensation 12 fees shall not exceed one hundred fifty two thousand five 13 hundred dollars per day while so employed. A party seeking 14 approval of expert witness fees under this section shall make 15 an application to the court for a fair, reasonable fee, to be 16 awarded as court costs upon the direction of the court, not to 17 exceed the amount specified in this section. 18 -1- SF 220 (2) 86 jh/rj/jh 1/ 1