SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 28
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
Requesting the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals increase the
reimbursement, over a five-year period, for jurors serving on
petit juries to the maximum of forty dollars per day.
Whereas, The Supreme Court of Appeals, by administrative
orders, has restricted the amount of compensation to jurors at the
statutory minimum of fifteen dollars per day; and
Whereas, The Legislature recognizes and appreciates the vital
function that jurors play in our society and judicial system; and
Whereas, Many people who are selected for jury duty do so at
great personal expense and inconvenience both to the juror and the
juror's family; and
Whereas, There has been legislation introduced this
legislative session to set the reimbursement for jurors at forty
dollars per day; and
Whereas, In recent years the Legislature has increased the
amount of money paid to election poll workers to one hundred
dollars per day; and
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Supreme Court is hereby requested to increase the reimbursement of jurors from the current fifteen dollars per day to
forty dollars per day over the next five years; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Supreme Court
of Appeals.