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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6879

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Nelson and Vognild

Read first time 2/2/90 and 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.  Section 1, chapter 56, Laws of 1907 as last amended by section 105, chapter 202, Laws of 1987 and RCW 2.36.150 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((:

          (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.