UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 1474
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AN ACT relating to compensation of jurors. 1
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 2
Section 1. KRS 29A.170 is amended to read as follows: 3
(1) All jurors in Circuit and District Court shall be paid fifty[five] dollars ($50)[($5)] 4
per day for jury service[. In addition thereto, they shall be paid seven dollars and 5
fifty cents ($7.50) per day as reimbursement of expenses incurred, which sum is 6
hereby determined to be the equivalent of the minimum daily expenses reasonably 7
to be incurred by such juror]. 8
(2) Persons who appear in court in response to a summons for jury duty and who are 9
not relieved from jury service shall receive full compensation for each day they are 10
required to be and are in attendance, even though they are not sworn or accepted for 11
jury service. 12
Section 2. KRS 32.011 is amended to read as follows: 13
Nothing contained in this chapter[KRS 32.011 to 32.070] shall be construed as limiting, 14
restricting, or terminating the authority of local governmental units, including cities, 15
counties, and urban-county governments, to provide financial support for the court 16
system and the offices of the Commonwealth's attorneys which are serving that local 17
community, and all such units of local government are further authorized to supplement 18
the financial support provided thereto by the state under this chapter[KRS 32.011 to 19
32.070]. 20
Section 3. The following KRS section is repealed: 21
32.070 Expense allowances for grand jurors, petit jurors, and persons summoned for 22
jury service. 23