Bill Text: MS SB2676 | 2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Witness fees; conform to juror pay.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-17 - Approved by Governor [SB2676 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2676-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Hopson
Senate Bill 2676
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A WITNESS IN COURT WILL RECEIVE THE SAME PAY AS A JUROR IN THAT COUNTY WOULD BE PAID, PLUS MILEAGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-7-47, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-7-47. Witnesses in the
county, circuit * * *,
chancery and justice courts shall receive * * * the same pay per day as is set by the board of supervisors
under Section 25-7-61 for service as a juror plus mileage as authorized under
Section 25-3-41 for each mile going to and returning from the courthouse to
their homes by the nearest route, and such tolls and ferriages as they may
actually be obliged to pay; but * * * a charge shall not be made for mileage
except that traveled in this state. * * * Witnesses in all other
cases shall receive the same compensation as they receive before the circuit
court. It shall not be necessary to issue subpoenas for police officers as
witnesses in city cases of cities having a population of more than ten thousand
(10,000) according to the federal census of 1930; and * * * officers, when used as witnesses in * * * cases, are not to be allowed witness
fees. A law enforcement officer who has retired or otherwise ceased employment
as a law enforcement officer but who is required to testify in any case based
on matters that arose during the course of the officer's employment shall be
entitled to the same compensation and expenses from the former employing law
enforcement agency as an officer on active duty under the same circumstances.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.