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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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

     Introduced By: Representative Matthew S. Dawson

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2025

     Referred To: House Finance

     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

twenty-five dollars ($25.00) fifty dollars ($50.00) per day commencing July 1, 2022 2025, and

thereafter. 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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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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

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     This act would increase fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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