A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO raise the pay rate of jurors.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑312(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	A juror in the General Court of Justice, including a petit juror, a coroner's juror, and a grand juror, shall receive pay in an amount equal to the minimum wage required by G.S. 95‑25.3(a) for each hour of service as a juror. 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 shall receive mileage at the same rate as State employees. Persons summoned as jurors shall be exempt during their period of service from paying a ferry toll required under G.S. 136‑82 to travel to and from their homes and the site of that service."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2023, and applies to jurors serving on or after that date.