2-215. MILEAGE AND PER DIEM OF JURORS. A juror shall be paid mileage for his travel expenses from his residence to the place of holding court and return at the same rate per mile as established by resolution of the county commissioners for county employees in the county where the juror resides and shall be compensated at the following rate, to be paid from the county treasury:
(1) Five dollars ($5.00), or a rate of more than five dollars ($5.00) up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as determined by the county commissioners of the county where the juror resides, for each one-half (1/2) day, or portion thereof, unless the juror travels more than thirty (30) miles from his residence, in which event he shall receive ten dollars ($10.00), or a rate of more than ten dollars ($10.00) up to fifty dollars ($50.00) as determined by the county commissioners of the county where the juror resides, for each one-half (1/2) day or portion thereof;
(2) Ten dollars ($10.00), or a rate of more than ten dollars ($10.00) up to fifty dollars ($50.00) as determined by the county commissioners in the county where the juror resides, for each day’s required attendance at court of more than one-half (1/2) day;
(3) Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each day’s required attendance at court that exceeds five (5) days for one (1) trial.
History:
[2-215, added 1971, ch. 169, sec. 14, p. 799; am. 1982, ch. 213, sec. 1, p. 587; am. 2013, ch. 66, sec. 1, p. 161; am. 2018, ch. 257, sec. 1, p. 608.]