CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6261

Chapter 127, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



JUROR PAY



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate February 9, 2004
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 2004
  YEAS 94   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6261 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 24, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 24, 2004 - 3:18 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6261
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators B. Sheldon, Oke and T. Sheldon)

READ FIRST TIME 01/29/04.   



     AN ACT Relating to payments to 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:
     Jurors shall receive for each day's attendance, besides mileage at the rate determined under RCW 43.03.060, the following ((compensation)) expense payments:
     (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 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)) expense payments paid to jurors shall be determined by the county legislative authority and shall be uniformly applied within the county.


         Passed by the Senate February 9, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 4, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 24, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2004.