Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB131 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.131
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEVEIT.
55 0181H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsections488.040and494.455,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
88 relatingtocompensationforjurors.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Sections488.040and494.455,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
1111 2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections488.040and494.455,toreadasfollows:
1212 488.040.[1.]Eachgrandandpetitjurorshall[, pursuanttotheprovisionsofsection
1313 2494.455,receivesixdollarsperdayforeverydayheorshemayactuallyserveassuchand
1414 3sevencentsforeverymileheorshemaynecessarilytravelgoingfromhisorherplaceof
1515 4residencetothecourthouseandreturning,tobepaidfromfundsofthecountyoracitynot
1616 5withinacounty.
1717 6 2.Providedthatacountyoracitynotwithinacountyauthorizesdailycompensation
1818 7payablefromcountyorcityfundsforjurorswhoserveinthatcountypursuanttosubsection3
1919 8ofthissectionintheamountofatleastsixdollarsperdayinadditiontotheamountrequired
2020 9bysubsection1ofthissection,apersonshallreceiveanadditionalsixdollarsperday,
2121 10pursuanttotheprovisionsofsection494.455,tobereimbursedbythestateofMissouriso
2222 11thatthetotalcompensationpayableshallbeatleasteighteendollars,plusmileageas
2323 12indicatedinsubsection1ofthissection,foreachdaythatthepersonactuallyservesasapetit
2424 13jurorinaparticularcase;orforeachdaythatapersonactuallyservesasagrandjurorduring
2525 14atermofagrandjury.Thestateshallreimbursethecountyforsixdollarsoftheadditional
2626 15jurorcompensationprovidedbythissubsection.
2727 16 3.Thegoverningbodyofeachcountyoracitynotwithinacountymayauthorize
2828 17additionaldailycompensationandmileageallowanceforjurors,whichadditional
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18compensationshallbepaidfromthefundsofthecountyoracitynotwithinacounty.The
3131 19governingbodyofeachcountyoracitynotwithinacountymayauthorizeadditionaldaily
3232 20compensationandmileageallowanceforjurorsattendingacoroner'sinquest.Jurorsmay
3333 21receivetheadditionalcompensationandmileageallowanceauthorizedbythissubsection
3434 22onlyifthegoverningbodyofthecountyorthecitynotwithinacountyauthorizesthe
3535 23additionalcompensation.Theprovisionsofthissubsectionauthorizingadditional
3636 24compensationshallterminateupontheissuanceofamandatebytheMissourisupreme
3737 25courtwhichresultsinthestateofMissouribeingobligatedorrequiredtopayanysuch
3838 26additionalcompensationevenifsuchadditionalcompensationisformallyapprovedor
3939 27authorizedbythegoverningbodyofacountyoracitynotwithinacounty.
4040 28 4.Wheneachpanelofjurorssummonedandattendingcourthascompletedits
4141 29service,theboardofjurycommissionersshallcausetobesubmittedtothegoverningbodyof
4242 30thecountyoracitynotwithinacountyastatementoffeesearnedbyeachjuror.Withinthirty
4343 31daysofthesubmissionofthestatementoffees,thegoverningbodyshallcausepaymenttobe
4444 32madetothosejurorssummonedthefeesearnedduringtheirserviceasjurors] receivedaily
4545 33compensationandmileageallowanceintheamountprovidedbylawpursuanttosection
4646 34494.455.
4747 494.455.1.[Eachcountyorcitynotwithinacountymayelecttocompensateits
4848 2jurorspursuanttosubsection2ofthissectionexceptasotherwiseprovidedinsubsection3of
4949 3thissection.
5050 4 2.]Eachgrandandpetitjurorshallreceiveaminimumofsixdollarsperday,for
5151 5everyday[heorshe]thejurormayactuallyserveas[such] ajuror,and[sevencents] the
5252 6mileagerateasprovidedbysection33.095forstateemployeesforeverymile[heorshe]
5353 7thejurormaynecessarilytravelgoingfrom[hisorher]thejuror'splaceofresidencetothe
5454 8courthouseandreturning,tobepaidfromfundsofthecountyoracitynotwithinacounty.
5555 9Eachcountyorcitynotwithinacountymayelecttocompensateitsjurorspursuantto
5656 10subsection2ofthissection,exceptasotherwiseprovidedinsubsection3ofthissection.
5757 11 2.Thegoverningbodyofeachcountyoracitynotwithinacountymayauthorize
5858 12additionaldailycompensationandmileageallowanceforjurors,whichadditional
5959 13compensationshallbepaidfromthefundsofthecountyoracitynotwithinacounty.
6060 14Thegoverningbodyofeachcountyoracitynotwithinacountymayauthorizeadditional
6161 15dailycompensationandmileageallowanceforjurorsattendingacoroner'sinquest.Jurors
6262 16mayreceivetheadditionalcompensationandmileageallowanceauthorizedbythissubsection
6363 17onlyifthegoverningbodyofthecountyorthecitynotwithinacountyauthorizesthe
6464 18additionalcompensation.Theprovisionsofthissubsectionauthorizingadditional
6565 19compensationshallterminateupontheissuanceofamandatebytheMissourisupreme
6666 20courtwhichresultsinthestateofMissouribeingobligatedorrequiredtopayanysuch
6767 HB131 2 21additionalcompensationevenifsuchadditionalcompensationisformallyapprovedor
6868 22authorizedbythegoverningbodyofacountyoracitynotwithinacounty.Providedthata
6969 23countyoracitynotwithinacountyauthorizesdailycompensationpayablefromcountyor
7070 24cityfundsforjurorswhoserveinthatcountypursuanttothissubsectionintheamountofat
7171 25leastsixdollarsperdayinadditiontotheamountrequiredby[this] subsection1ofthis
7272 26section, apersonshallreceiveanadditionalsixdollarsperdaytobereimbursedbythestate
7373 27ofMissourisothatthetotalcompensationpayableshallbeatleasteighteendollars,plus
7474 28mileageforeachdaythatthepersonactuallyservesasapetitjurorinaparticularcase;orfor
7575 29eachdaythatapersonactuallyservesasagrandjurorduringatermofagrandjury.Thestate
7676 30shallreimbursethecountyforsixdollarsoftheadditionaljurorcompensationprovidedby
7777 31thissubsection.
7878 32 3.[Inanycountyofthefirstclassificationwithoutacharterformofgovernmentand
7979 33withapopulationofatleasttwohundredthousandinhabitants,nograndorpetitjurorshall
8080 34receivecompensationforthefirsttwodaysofservice,butshallreceivefiftydollarsperday
8181 35forthethirddayandeachsubsequentdayheorshemayactuallyserveassuch,andseven
8282 36centsforeverymileheorshemaynecessarilytravelgoingfromhisorherplaceofresidence
8383 37tothecourthouseandreturning,tobepaidfromfundsofthecounty.]Notwithstandingthe
8484 38provisionsofsubsection1or2ofthissection,byamajorityvote,thegoverningbodyof
8585 39acountyorcitynotwithinacountymayadoptasystemforjurorcompensationinthe
8686 40countyorcitynotwithinacountyasfollows:eachgrandorpetitjurorshallreceivefifty
8787 41dollarsperdayforthethirddaythejurormayactuallyserveasajurorandforeach
8888 42subsequentdayofactualservice,andthemileagerateasprovidedbysection33.095for
8989 43stateemployeesforeverymilethejurormaynecessarilytravelfromthejuror'splaceof
9090 44residencetothecourthouseandreturning,tobepaidfromfundsofthecountyorcity
9191 45notwithinacounty,providedthatnograndorpetitjurorshallreceivecompensationfor
9292 46thefirsttwodaysthejurormayactuallyserveassuch.
9393 47 4.Wheneachpanelofjurorssummonedandattendingcourthascompletedits
9494 48service,theboardofjurycommissionersshallcausetobesubmittedtothegoverningbodyof
9595 49thecountyoracitynotwithinacountyastatementoffeesearnedbyeachjuror.Withinthirty
9696 50daysofthesubmissionofthestatementoffees,thegoverningbodyshallcausepaymenttobe
9797 51madetothosejurorssummonedthefeesearnedduringtheirserviceasjurors.
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