INCREASE JUROR PAY.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
Senate Bill 486 (Public) Filed Monday, April 3, 2023
AN ACT TO RAISE THE PAY RATE OF JURORS.
Intro. by Applewhite, Batch, Grafstein.

Status: Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Apr 4 2023)

SOG comments (1):

Identical bill

Identical to S 588, filed 4/4/23.

S 486

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 3 2023 - View Summary

    As title indicates, amends GS 7A-312(a) to increase the pay for jurors to the minimum wage under GS 95-25.3(a) for each hour of service as a juror, including a grand juror. Also grants jurors mileage at the same rate as state employees, where previously this mileage was only granted to jurors from out of the county where they were summoned.

    Effective and applicable to jurors serving on or after December 1, 2023.