HB136 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Prince ChestnutRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to courts; to amend Section 12-19-210, Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the expense allowance and mileage reimbursement paid to jurors by order or rule.

Summary

HB136 would let the Alabama Supreme Court raise juror mileage and daily expense allowances by order or rule, instead of fixed statutory amounts.

What This Bill Does

It would empower the Alabama Supreme Court to set the mileage reimbursement rate and the daily expense allowance for jurors by order or rule. The current amounts ($0.05 per mile and $10 per day) could be increased as determined by the court. Clerks would issue certificates to jurors showing days served, miles traveled, ferry/toll paid, and the entitlement amount, and payments would be made from the State Treasury via funds appropriated to the Administrative Office of Courts. The change is retroactive to May 23, 1977.

Who It Affects

• Regular jurors (grand and petit) would be eligible for higher mileage reimbursement and daily expense allowances as determined by the Alabama Supreme Court.
• Court administration (clerks and the Administrative Office of Courts) and funding authorities would handle certification and payment to jurors from the State Treasury.

Key Provisions

• Authorizes the Alabama Supreme Court to set jury mileage and expense amounts by order or rule.
• Replaces fixed rates in law with court-established rates for mileage and daily expense allowances.
• Clerks must issue certificates to jurors detailing days served, miles traveled, ferry/toll, and the amount of expense allowance.
• Payments to jurors come from the State Treasury, funded through appropriations to the Administrative Office of Courts, with retroactive effect to May 23, 1977; the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Courts, to further provide for expense allowance and mileage for jurors