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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 713 By: Hicks
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to fees; amending 28 O.S. 2021 ,
Section 86, which relates to jurors ’ fees; increasing
amount paid for jury service; and pr oviding an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 28 O.S. 2021, Section 86, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 86. A. Jurors shall be paid the following fees o ut of
the local court fund:
1. For each day’s attendance before any court of record, Twenty
Dollars ($20.00) Thirty Dollars ($30.00) ; and
2. For mileage going to and returning from jury service each
day, pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel Rei mbursement
Act.
B. The Court Fund Board o f the district court may contract for
or provide reimbursement for pa rking for district court jurors to be
paid from the Court Fund. Parking so provided to jurors shall be in
lieu of any reimbursement to jurors fo r parking fees.
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C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
who is summoned for jury duty and who is excused from serving
pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of Section 28 of Ti tle 38
of the Oklahoma Statutes, beginning on the d ay the person is excused
from service.
D. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules to establish a
Lengthy Trial Fund that shall be used to provide full or partial
wage replacement or wage supplementation to jurors who serve as
petit jurors for more than t en (10) days.
1. The court rules shall pr ovide for the selection and
appointment of an Administrator for the f und; procedures for the
administration of the fund, including payments of salaries of the
Administrator and other necessary personnel; procedures for the
accounting, auditing and investme nt of money in the Lengthy Trial
Fund; and a report by the Supreme Co urt on the administration of the
Lengthy Trial Fund included in its annual report on the judic ial
branch, setting forth the money collected for a nd disbursed from the
fund.
2. The clerk of the court shall collect from each attorney who
files a civil case, unless otherwise exempted under the provisions
of this section, a fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per case to be paid
into the Lengthy Trial Fund. A lawyer will be deemed to have filed
a case at the time the first pleading or other filing on which an
individual lawyer’s name appears is submitted to the court for
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filing and opens a new case. All such fees shall be forwarded to
the Administrator of th e Lengthy Trial Fund for deposit.
3. The Administrator shall use the fees deposited in the
Lengthy Trial Fund to pay full or partial wage replacement or
supplementation to jurors whose employers pay less than full regular
wages when the period of jury ser vice lasts more than ten (10) days.
4. The court may pay replacement or supplemental wages of up to
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per day per juror beginning on the
eleventh day of jury service. In addit ion, for any jurors who
qualify for payment by serv ing on a jury for more than ten (10)
days, the court may, upon finding that such service posed a
significant financial hardship to a juror, even in light of payments
made with respect to jury service after the tenth day, award
replacement or supplemental w ages of up to Fifty Dollars ($50.00)
per day from the fourth to the tenth day of jury service.
5. Any juror who is serving or has served on a jury that
qualifies for payment from the Lengthy Trial Fund, p rovided the
service commenced on or after January 1 , 2005, may submit a request
for payment from the Lengthy Trial Fund on a form provided by the
Administrator. Payment shall be limited to the difference between
the state-paid jury fee and the actual amou nt of wages a juror
earns, up to the maximum level payable, minus any amount the juror
actually receives from the employer during the same time period.
The form shall disclose the juror ’s regular wages, the amount the
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employer will pay during the term of jury service starting on the
eleventh day and there after, the amount of replacement or
supplemental wages requested, and any other information the
Administrator deems necessary for proper payment. The juror shall
be required to submit verification from th e employer as to the wage
information provided to t he Administrator, including but not limite d
to the employee’s most recent earnings statement or similar
document, prior to initiation of payment from the fund. If an
individual is self-employed or receives compensation other than
wages, the individual may provide a sworn affidavit attesting to hi s
or her approximate gross weekly income, together with such other
information as the Administrator may require, in order to verify
weekly income.
6. The following attorneys and causes of action are exempt from
payment of the Lengthy Trial Fund fee:
a. government attorneys entering appearances in the
course of their offici al duties,
b. pro se litigants,
c. cases in small claims court or the state equivalent
thereof, or
d. claims seeking Social Security disability
determinations, individual veterans ’ compensation or
disability determinations, recoupment actions for
government backed educational loans or mortgages,
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child custody and support cases, actions brought in
forma pauperis, and any other filings designated by
rule that involve minimal use of court res ources and
that customarily are not afforded the opportunity for
a trial by jury.
7. Until June 30, 2021, the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services shall, at the request of the Administrative Director of th e
Courts, transfer any monies from the Len gthy Trial Fund to the
Supreme Court Administrative Revolving Fund or the Interagency
Reimbursement Fund as necessary to perform the duties imposed upon
the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals and district courts by
law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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