Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 2/18/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 339




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 339, AS AMENDED, 
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with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No. 
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1, as follows:

 
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on page 1, line 9, by replacing "$25
$4" with "$4 until a juror 
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fund fee is imposed and $25 thereafter"; and
 
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on page 1, line 10, by replacing "$30
$5" with "$5 until a 
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juror fund fee is imposed and $30 thereafter"; and
 
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on page 1, lines 11 and 12, by replacing "$40
$10" with "$10 
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until a juror fund fee is imposed and $40 thereafter"; and 
 
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by replacing line 24 on page 1 through line 6 on page 2 with the 
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following:
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"shall be paid out of the county treasury until a juror fund 
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fee is imposed and out of the County Juror Fund thereafter. 
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    For the purpose of funding juror fees, the clerk of court 
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shall collect a juror fund fee, as fixed by the county board, 
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from each plaintiff and defendant in an action. Within 180 days 
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after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th 
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General Assembly, the county board must conduct an acceptable 
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cost study and set and impose an initial juror fund fee 
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justified by that cost study as sufficient to pay the juror 
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fees as increased by this amendatory Act of the 94th General 
 


 






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Assembly. The county board may thereafter adjust the amount of 
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the juror fund fee, but any increase must be justified by an 
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acceptable cost study showing that the then current fee is not 
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sufficient to cover the costs of juror fees. The clerk shall  
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deposit all of the juror fund fees".