HOUSE BILL NO. 187
INTRODUCED BY M. JOPEK
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT INCREASING THE JUROR'S FEES IN COURTS OF RECORD AND COURTS NOT OF RECORD; AMENDING SECTIONS 3-15-201 AND 3-15-203, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 3-15-201, MCA, is amended to read:
"3-15-201. Fees in courts of record. (1) A grand or trial jury panel member shall receive $12 is entitled to a fee of $25 per day for attendance before any court of record and a mileage allowance, as provided in 2-18-503, for traveling each way between his the jury panel member's residence and the county seat. Those jurors selected from the panel for a case shall receive are entitled to an additional $13 $25 a day while serving.
(2) A juror who is excused from attendance upon his the juror's own motion on the first day of his appearance in obedience to notice or who has been summoned as a special juror and not sworn in the trial of the case shall forfeit per diem and mileage."
Section 2. Section 3-15-203, MCA, is amended to read:
"3-15-203. Fees in courts not of record and coroner inquests. (1) A jury panel member in civil actions, criminal actions, and coroner inquests is entitled to a fee of $12 $25 per day for attendance before a court not of record and a mileage allowance, as provided in 2-18-503, for traveling each way between his the jury panel member's residence and the court. A jury panel member selected for a case is entitled to an additional $13 $25 per day while serving.
(2) In civil actions, the jurors' fees must be paid by the party demanding the jury and taxed as costs against the losing party.
(3) A juror who is excused from attendance upon his the juror's own motion on the first day of his appearance in obedience to notice or who has been summoned as a special juror and not sworn in the trial of the case shall forfeit per diem and mileage."
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Applicability. [This act] applies to panel and jury members chosen after October 1, 2007.
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