GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 646
HOUSE BILL 586

AN ACT TO MAKE THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGARDING JUROR FEES IN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS THE SAME AS IN OTHER CASES IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-306(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The following additional expenses, when incurred, are assessable or recoverable, as the case may be:
(1)	Witness fees, as provided by law.
(2)	Counsel fees, as provided by law.
(3)	Costs on appeal, of the original transcript of testimony, if any, insofar as essential to the appeal.
(4)	Fees for personal service of civil process, and other sheriff's fees, and for service by publication, as provided by law.
(5)	Fees of guardians ad litem, referees, receivers, commissioners, surveyors, arbitrators, appraisers, and other similar court appointees, as provided by law. The fees of such appointees shall include reasonable reimbursement for stenographic assistance, when necessary.
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Sec. 2.  G.S. 7A-312 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-312. Uniform fees for jurors; meals.
A juror in the General Court of Justice including a petit juror, or a coroner's juror, but excluding a grand juror, shall receive twelve dollars ($12.00) per day, except that if any person serves as a juror for more than five days in any 24-month period, the juror shall receive thirty dollars ($30.00) per day for each day of service in excess of five days. A grand juror shall receive twelve dollars ($12.00) per day. A juror required to remain overnight at the site of the trial shall be furnished adequate accommodations and subsistence. If required by the presiding judge to remain in a body during the trial of a case, meals shall be furnished the jurors during the period of sequestration. Jurors from out of the county summoned to sit on a special venire shall receive mileage at the same rate as State employees."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of July, 1989.