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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 12, 2023
AS AMENDED
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2430 By: May, Wallace, Roberts, and
Wolfley of the House
and
Weaver and Hicks of the
Senate
[ fees - jurors' fees - 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 fo llowing fees out of
the local court fund:
1. For each day's attendance before any court of record, Twenty
Dollars ($20.00) Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00); and
2. For mileage going to and returning from jury service each
day, pursuant to the provisions of the State Travel R eimbursement
Act.
B. The Court Fund Boa rd of the district court may contract for
or provide reimbursement for parking for district cou rt jurors to be
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paid from the Court Fund. Parking so provided to jurors shall be in
lieu of any reimbursement to jurors for parking fees.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person
who is summoned for jury du ty and who is excused fro m serving
pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of Section 28 of Title 38
of the Oklahoma Statutes, beginning on the day the person is excused
from service.
D. The Supreme Court shall promulgate rules to establish a
Lengthy Trial Fund that shall be u sed to provide full or partial
wage replacement or wage supplementation to jurors who serve as
petit jurors for more than ten (10) days.
1. The court rules shal l provide for the selection and
appointment of an Administrator for th e fund; procedures for th e
administration of the fund, including payments of salaries of the
Administrator and other necessary personnel; procedur es for the
accounting, auditing and inve stment of money in the Lengthy Trial
Fund; and a report by the Supreme Court on the administrat ion of the
Lengthy Trial Fund included in its annual report on the judicial
branch, setting forth the money collected for and disbursed from the
fund.
2. The clerk of the court shall collect from each attorney who
files a civil case, unless otherwise exem pted 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
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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
filing and opens a new case. All such fees shall be forwarded to
the Administrator of the 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 s ervice lasts more than ten (10) days.
4. The court may pay replacement or supplemental wages of up to
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) pe r day per juror beginning on the
eleventh day of jury service. In addition, for any jurors who
qualify for payment by se rving 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 wages 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 se rved on a jury that
qualifies for payment from the Lengthy Trial Fund, provided 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 limit ed to the difference between
the state-paid jury fee and the actual amount of wages a juror
earns, up to the maximum leve l payable, minus any amount the juror
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actually receives from the employer during the same time period.
The form shall disclose the jur or's regular wages, the amount the
employer will pay during the term of jury service starting on the
eleventh day and the reafter, the amount of replacement or
supplemental wages requested, and any other information the
Administrator deems necessary for pro per payment. The juror shall
be required to submit verification from the employer as to the wage
information provided to the Administrator, including but not li mited
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 m ay provide a sworn affidavit attesting t o his
or her approximate gross weekly income, together with such other
information as the Admin istrator 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 official 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
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disability determinations, recoupment actions for
government backed educational l oans or mortgages,
child custody and support cases, actions brought in
forma pauperis, and any other filings designated b y
rule that involve minimal use of court resources 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 the
Courts, transfer any monies from the Lengthy 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 cour ts by
law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
April 12, 2023 - DO PASS AS AMENDED