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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

     Introduced By: Senators Paolino, de la Cruz, Quezada, Rogers, and Pearson

     Date Introduced: March 11, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 9-29-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-29 entitled "Fees" is hereby

amended to read as follows:

     9-29-5. Jurors' fees.

     All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day's attendance on the superior court

twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2022, each fifteen dollars ($15.00), and

thereafter. The and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem

necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

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     This act would raise jurors' fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from fifteen

dollars ($15.00) per day to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day commencing July 1, 2022 and

thereafter.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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