A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the uniform fees paid to jurors and to require counties to reimburse jurors for any parking expenses necessitated by the jury service.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑312 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A‑312.  Uniform fees for jurors;  meals; parking.
(a)	A juror in the General Court of Justice  shall receive twelve dollars ($12.00) for the initial day of service, twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for the second through the fifth days of service, and forty dollars ($40.00) per day for each day of service in excess of five days. 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.
(b)	Each county shall provide parking for jurors or shall reimburse a juror for any reasonable parking expenses necessitated by the jury service."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005, and applies to jury service that begins on or after that date.