BILL NUMBER: AB 2925	CHAPTERED  07/11/02

	CHAPTER  144
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 11, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 27, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 18, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Migden

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2002

   An act to amend Section 215 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to jury duty.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2925, Migden.  Jury duty.
   Existing law establishes a system of state funding for trial
courts.  Existing law establishes the Trial Court Trust Fund for the
purpose of funding trial court operations.  For purposes of those
provisions, court operations are defined to include, among other
things, juror expenses of per diem fees and mileage.  Existing law
also specifies the fees and travel reimbursement to be paid to jurors
in civil and criminal cases.  Existing law reimburses a juror 15
per mile for each mile traveled in attending court per day.
This bill would provide for travel reimbursement to jurors only after
the first day of attendance as a juror and would increase this
amount to 34
per mile for each mile traveled per day, in going only.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 215 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended
to read:
   215.  (a) Beginning July 1, 2000, the fee for jurors in the
superior court, in civil and criminal cases, is fifteen dollars ($15)
a day for each day's attendance as a juror after the first day.
   (b) Jurors in the superior court, in civil and criminal cases,
shall be reimbursed for mileage at the rate of thirty-four cents
($0.34) per mile for each mile actually traveled in attending court
as a juror after the first day, in going only.