Report Title:
Witnesses; Fees
Description:
Amends the reimbursable fees and costs for witnesses in criminal cases. Appropriates funds. (SD2)
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to witnesses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 621-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Every witness legally required to attend a state
court or grand jury in any criminal case, other than a public officer or
employee, shall be entitled to [$20] $55 for each day's
attendance and a reasonable mileage fee to be established pursuant to rules
adopted by the judiciary for each mile actually and necessarily traveled on the
ground each way, including travel to and from the nearest airport when required
to travel from another island or from outside the State. In addition to
witness' fees, every witness[,] who attends a state court from outside
the State shall be entitled to the actual round-trip cost of plane travel, plus
[$110 per twenty-four-hour day,] $160 for each day's attendance,
or if from any island other than that on which the court holds session, shall
be entitled to the actual round-trip cost of plane travel, plus $55 [per
twenty-four-hour day,] for each day's attendance, except that if the
witness is required to stay overnight, the witness shall be entitled to an
additional $160 for each day's attendance, which amounts shall cover all
personal expenses, such as board and lodging. [These per diem payments
shall be computed on the basis of quarter day periods of time.]"
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009, to carry out the purposes of this Act. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of budget and finance.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.