| Chapter 159 |
| 2021 -- S 0609 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/01/2021 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES |
Introduced By: Senators Paolino, Quezada, Goodwin, Rogers, and Pearson |
| Date Introduced: March 11, 2021 |
| 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. |
| (a) All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day's attendance on the superior court |
| each fifteen dollars ($15.00), and the general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it |
| may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. |
| (b) Any grand or petit juror may, upon signing a form approved by the presiding justice of |
| the superior court, donate their jury fee to the state. Any such donation shall be deposited into the |
| general fund and shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Veterans Home Community Living Center. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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