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LD 9
Session - 129th Maine Legislature
 
LR 346
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Increase Juror Compensation

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §1215,  as amended by PL 2015, c. 267, Pt. PPP, §1, is further amended to read:

§ 1215. Mileage and compensation of jurors

A juror is entitled to paid mileage at the rate of 15¢ per mile for travel expenses from the juror's residence to the place of holding court and return, except that, beginning July 1, 2016, a juror is entitled to paid mileage at the rate established in Title 5, section 8. A juror is entitled to compensation at the rate of $15 $40 for each day of required attendance at sessions of the court.

SUMMARY

This bill increases a juror's daily compensation rate from $15 to $40.


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