SENATE BILL 164

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2022

INTRODUCED BY

William P. Soules

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; INCREASING JUROR COMPENSATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 38-5-15 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, Chapter 222, Section 15, as amended) is amended to read:

     "38-5-15. MILEAGE AND COMPENSATION FOR JURORS.--Persons summoned for jury service and jurors shall be reimbursed for travel in excess of forty miles round trip from their place of actual residence to the courthouse when their attendance is ordered at the rate allowed public officers and employees per mile of necessary travel. Persons summoned for jury service and jurors shall be compensated for their time in attendance and service at one hundred fifty percent of the highest prevailing state minimum wage rate."

     SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2022.

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