GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 646
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-306(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c) The following additional expenses, when incurred, are assessable or recoverable, as the case may be:
(1) Witness fees, as provided by law.
(2) Counsel fees, as provided by law.
(3) Costs on appeal, of the original transcript of testimony, if any, insofar as essential to the appeal.
(4) Fees for personal service of civil process, and other sheriff's fees, and for service by publication, as provided by law.
(5) Fees of guardians ad litem, referees, receivers, commissioners, surveyors, arbitrators, appraisers, and other similar court appointees, as provided by law. The fees of such appointees shall include reasonable reimbursement for stenographic assistance, when necessary.
(6) Fees
for special jury, if any, at six dollars ($6.00) per special juror for
each proceeding, except that if a special proceeding lasts more than one-half
day each juror shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day."
Sec. 2. G.S. 7A-312 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-312. Uniform fees for jurors; meals.
A juror in the General Court of Justice including a petit
juror, or a coroner's juror, but excluding a grand juror, or a juror in a special
proceeding shall receive twelve dollars ($12.00) per day, except that
if any person serves as a juror for more than five days in any 24-month period,
the juror shall receive thirty dollars ($30.00) per day for each day of service
in excess of five days. A grand juror shall receive twelve dollars ($12.00) per
day. A juror required to remain overnight at the site of the trial shall be
furnished adequate accommodations and subsistence. If required by the presiding
judge to remain in a body during the trial of a case, meals shall be furnished
the jurors during the period of sequestration. A juror in a special
proceeding shall receive six dollars ($6.00) for each proceeding, except that
if a special proceeding lasts more than one-half day, the special jurors shall
receive ten dollars ($10.00) per day. Jurors from out of the county
summoned to sit on a special venire shall receive mileage at the same rate as
State employees."
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of July, 1989.