| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1521 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBOSLEY. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3114H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsections488.040,494.455,and494.460,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwo |
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| 8 | 8 | | newsectionsrelatingtothecompensationofjurors. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Sections488.040,494.455,and494.460,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonew |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2sectionsenactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections494.455and494.460,toreadas |
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| 12 | 12 | | 3follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 494.455.1.Eachcountyorcitynotwithinacountymayelecttocompensateits |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2jurorspursuanttosubsection2ofthissectionexceptasotherwiseprovidedinsubsection3of |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3thissection. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 2.Eachgrandandpetitjurorshallreceive[six]twenty-fivedollarsperday,forevery |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5dayheorshemayactuallyserveassuch,andsevencentsforeverymileheorshemay |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6necessarilytravelgoingfromhisorherplaceofresidencetothecourthouseandreturning,to |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7bepaidfromfundsofthecountyoracitynotwithinacounty.Thegoverningbodyofeach |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8countyoracitynotwithinacountymayauthorizeadditionaldailycompensationandmileage |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9allowanceforjurors,whichadditionalcompensationshallbepaidfromthefundsofthe |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10countyoracitynotwithinacounty.Thegoverningbodyofeachcountyoracitynotwithina |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11countymayauthorizeadditionaldailycompensationandmileageallowanceforjurors |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12attendingacoroner'sinquest.Jurorsmayreceivetheadditionalcompensationandmileage |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13allowanceauthorizedbythissubsectiononlyifthegoverningbodyofthecountyorthecity |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14notwithinacountyauthorizestheadditionalcompensation.Theprovisionsofthissubsection |
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| 27 | 27 | | 15authorizingadditionalcompensationshallterminateupontheissuanceofamandatebythe |
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| 28 | 28 | | 16MissourisupremecourtwhichresultsinthestateofMissouribeingobligatedorrequiredto |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17payanysuchadditionalcompensationevenifsuchadditionalcompensationisformally |
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| 31 | 31 | | 18approvedorauthorizedbythegoverningbodyofacountyoracitynotwithinacounty. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 19Providedthatacountyoracitynotwithinacountyauthorizesdailycompensationpayable |
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| 33 | 33 | | 20fromcountyorcityfundsforjurorswhoserveinthatcountypursuanttothissubsectioninthe |
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| 34 | 34 | | 21amountofatleastsixdollarsperdayinadditiontotheamountrequiredbythissubsection,a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 22personshallreceiveanadditionalsixdollarsperdaytobereimbursedbythestateofMissouri |
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| 36 | 36 | | 23sothatthetotalcompensationpayableshallbeatleast[eighteen] thirty-sevendollars,plus |
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| 37 | 37 | | 24mileageforeachdaythatthepersonactuallyservesasapetitjurorinaparticularcase;orfor |
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| 38 | 38 | | 25eachdaythatapersonactuallyservesasagrandjurorduringatermofagrandjury.Thestate |
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| 39 | 39 | | 26shallreimbursethecountyforsixdollarsoftheadditionaljurorcompensationprovidedby |
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| 40 | 40 | | 27thissubsection. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 28 3.Inanycountyofthefirstclassificationwithoutacharterformofgovernmentand |
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| 42 | 42 | | 29withapopulationofatleasttwohundredthousandinhabitants,nograndorpetitjurorshall |
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| 43 | 43 | | 30receivecompensationforthefirsttwodaysofservice,butshallreceivefiftydollarsperday |
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| 44 | 44 | | 31forthethirddayandeachsubsequentdayheorshemayactuallyserveassuch,andseven |
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| 45 | 45 | | 32centsforeverymileheorshemaynecessarilytravelgoingfromhisorherplaceofresidence |
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| 46 | 46 | | 33tothecourthouseandreturning,tobepaidfromfundsofthecounty. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 34 4.Ifapersonisemployed,inadditiontothecompensationowedtosuchperson |
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| 48 | 48 | | 35undersubsection2or3ofthissection,anemployermaycompensatesuchpersonhisor |
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| 49 | 49 | | 36herdailyaverageminimumpayforeachdaysuchpersonactuallyservesonajury. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 37 5.Wheneachpanelofjurorssummonedandattendingcourthascompletedits |
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| 51 | 51 | | 38service,theboardofjurycommissionersshallcausetobesubmittedtothegoverningbodyof |
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| 52 | 52 | | 39thecountyoracitynotwithinacountyastatementoffeesearnedbyeachjuror.Withinthirty |
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| 53 | 53 | | 40daysofthesubmissionofthestatementoffees,thegoverningbodyshallcausepaymenttobe |
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| 54 | 54 | | 41madetothosejurorssummonedthefeesearnedduringtheirserviceasjurors. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 494.460.1.Anemployershallnotterminate,discipline,threatenortakeadverse |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2actionsagainstanemployeeonaccountofthatemployee'sreceiptoforresponsetoajury |
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| 57 | 57 | | 3summons. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 4 2.Anemployeedischargedinviolationofthissectionmaybringcivilactionagainst |
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| 59 | 59 | | 5hisorheremployerwithinninetydaysofdischargeforrecoveryoflostwagesandother |
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| 60 | 60 | | 6damagescausedbytheviolationandforanorderdirectingreinstatementoftheemployee.If |
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| 61 | 61 | | 7theemployeeprevails,theemployeeshallbeentitledtoreceiveareasonableattorney'sfee. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 8 3.Anemployee[may] shallnotberequiredorrequestedtouseannual,vacation, |
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| 63 | 63 | | 9personal,orsickleavefortimespentrespondingtoasummonsforjuryduty[,] ortimespent |
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| 64 | 64 | | 10participatinginthejuryselectionprocess[, ortimespentactuallyservingonajury]. Except |
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| 65 | 65 | | 11ifanemployeeactuallyservesonajury,nothinginthisprovisionshallbeconstruedto |
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| 66 | 66 | | 12requireanemployertoprovideannual,vacation,personal,orsickleavetoemployeesunder |
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| 67 | 67 | | HB1521 2 13theprovisionsofthisstatutewhootherwisearenotentitledtosuchbenefitsundercompany |
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| 68 | 68 | | 14policies.Anyemployeerequiredtoactuallyserveonajurymaybecompensatedbyan |
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| 69 | 69 | | 15employerasprovidedundersubsection4ofsection494.455. |
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| 70 | 70 | | 16 4.Acourtshallautomaticallypostponeandrescheduletheserviceofasummoned |
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| 71 | 71 | | 17jurorofanemployerwithfiveorfewerfull-timeemployees,ortheirequivalent,ifanother |
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| 72 | 72 | | 18employeeofthatemployerhasbeenpreviouslysummonedtoappearduringthesameperiod. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 19Suchpostponementwillnoteffectanindividual'srighttooneautomaticpostponement |
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| 74 | 74 | | 20pursuanttosection494.432. |
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| 75 | 75 | | [488.040.1.Eachgrandandpetitjurorshall,pursuanttothe |
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| 76 | 76 | | 2 provisionsofsection494.455,receivesixdollarsperdayforeverydayheor |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3 shemayactuallyserveassuchandsevencentsforeverymileheorshemay |
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| 78 | 78 | | 4 necessarilytravelgoingfromhisorherplaceofresidencetothecourthouse |
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| 79 | 79 | | 5 andreturning,tobepaidfromfundsofthecountyoracitynotwithinacounty. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 6 2.Providedthatacountyoracitynotwithinacountyauthorizesdaily |
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| 81 | 81 | | 7 compensationpayablefromcountyorcityfundsforjurorswhoserveinthat |
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| 82 | 82 | | 8 countypursuanttosubsection3ofthissectionintheamountofatleastsix |
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| 83 | 83 | | 9 dollarsperdayinadditiontotheamountrequiredbysubsection1ofthis |
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| 84 | 84 | | 10 section,apersonshallreceiveanadditionalsixdollarsperday,pursuanttothe |
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| 85 | 85 | | 11 provisionsofsection494.455,tobereimbursedbythestateofMissourisothat |
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| 86 | 86 | | 12 thetotalcompensationpayableshallbeatleasteighteendollars,plusmileage |
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| 87 | 87 | | 13 asindicatedinsubsection1ofthissection,foreachdaythattheperson |
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| 88 | 88 | | 14 actuallyservesasapetitjurorinaparticularcase;orforeachdaythataperson |
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| 89 | 89 | | 15 actuallyservesasagrandjurorduringatermofagrandjury.Thestateshall |
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| 90 | 90 | | 16 reimbursethecountyforsixdollarsoftheadditionaljurorcompensation |
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| 91 | 91 | | 17 providedbythissubsection. |
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| 92 | 92 | | 18 3.Thegoverningbodyofeachcountyoracitynotwithinacounty |
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| 93 | 93 | | 19 mayauthorizeadditionaldailycompensationandmileageallowancefor |
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| 94 | 94 | | 20 jurors,whichadditionalcompensationshallbepaidfromthefundsofthe |
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| 95 | 95 | | 21 countyoracitynotwithinacounty.Thegoverningbodyofeachcountyora |
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| 96 | 96 | | 22 citynotwithinacountymayauthorizeadditionaldailycompensationand |
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| 97 | 97 | | 23 mileageallowanceforjurorsattendingacoroner'sinquest.Jurorsmayreceive |
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| 98 | 98 | | 24 theadditionalcompensationandmileageallowanceauthorizedbythis |
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| 99 | 99 | | 25 subsectiononlyifthegoverningbodyofthecountyorthecitynotwithina |
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| 100 | 100 | | 26 countyauthorizestheadditionalcompensation.Theprovisionsofthis |
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| 101 | 101 | | 27 subsectionauthorizingadditionalcompensationshallterminateuponthe |
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| 102 | 102 | | 28 issuanceofamandatebytheMissourisupremecourtwhichresultsinthestate |
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| 103 | 103 | | 29 ofMissouribeingobligatedorrequiredtopayanysuchadditional |
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| 104 | 104 | | 30 compensationevenifsuchadditionalcompensationisformallyapprovedor |
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| 105 | 105 | | 31 authorizedbythegoverningbodyofacountyoracitynotwithinacounty. |
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| 106 | 106 | | 32 4.Wheneachpanelofjurorssummonedandattendingcourthas |
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| 107 | 107 | | 33 completeditsservice,theboardofjurycommissionersshallcausetobe |
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| 108 | 108 | | 34 submittedtothegoverningbodyofthecountyoracitynotwithinacountya |
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| 109 | 109 | | 35 statementoffeesearnedbyeachjuror.Withinthirtydaysofthesubmissionof |
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| 110 | 110 | | HB1521 3 36 thestatementoffees,thegoverningbodyshallcausepaymenttobemadeto |
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| 111 | 111 | | 37 thosejurorssummonedthefeesearnedduringtheirserviceasjurors.] |
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| 113 | 113 | | HB1521 4 |
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