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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Jurors successful Fresno County volition person a important summation successful the compensation they person per time erstwhile called into service, according to Fresno County Superior Court officials.
Officials announced connected Thursday that, starting Sept. 3, residents called into assemblage work successful Fresno County volition person $100 per time starting connected the 2nd time of service; jurors are presently being paid $15.
Additionally, jurors volition besides person a mileage reimbursement complaint increase, going from 34 cents to 67 cents per mile roundtrip.
According to officials, this is acknowledgment to a aviator programme funded by Assembly Bill 1981 and administered by the Judicial Council of California which aims to research whether increases successful juror compensation and mileage reimbursement rates could amended juror diverseness and participation.
“Participation arsenic a juror is the astir captious and hands-on acquisition that our citizens volition ever prosecute successful wrong our democracy. We admit being 1 of the counties that volition partake successful this programme and anticipation the other wage volition trim the fiscal load that jurors endure during their service," said Fresno Superior Court’s presiding Judge Sanderson.
Besides Fresno County, six different superior courts successful different counties are besides participating successful the pilot: Alameda, El Dorado, Imperial, Monterey, San Bernadino, and Shasta counties. Officials accidental the aviator volition extremity aboriginal 2026 oregon erstwhile the backing is exhausted, whichever comes first.
