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SENATE BILL 5084
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators Rasmussen and Roach.
Read first time January 18, 1991. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to compensation for jurors; and amending RCW 2.36.150.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 2.36.150 and 1987 c 202 s 105 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Jurors not receiving compensation from their employers under subsection (2)
of this section shall receive for each day's attendance, besides mileage at
the rate determined under RCW 43.03.060, ((the following))
compensation((:
(1)
Grand jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than ten
dollars;
(2)
Petit jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than ten
dollars;
(3)
Coroner's jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less than
ten dollars;
(4)
District court jurors may receive up to twenty-five dollars but in no case less
than ten dollars: PROVIDED, That)) at not less than the state
minimum wage. A person excused from jury service at his or her own request
shall be allowed not more than a per diem and such mileage, if any, as to the
court shall seem just and equitable under all circumstances((: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That)). The state shall fully reimburse the county in
which trial is held for all jury fees and witness fees related to criminal
cases which result from incidents occurring within an adult or juvenile
correctional institution((: PROVIDED FURTHER, That)). The
compensation paid jurors shall be determined by the county legislative
authority and shall be uniformly applied within the county.
(2) Employers with ten or more employees shall continue to pay a regular salary to full-time employees during their jury service.