Bill Text: IA HF223 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to reimbursement of witness mileage expenses. (Formerly HSB 6.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-11 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 930. [HF223 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
6)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
reimbursement
of
witness
mileage
expenses.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
622.69,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Witnesses
shall
receive
ten
dollars
for
each
full
day’s
3
attendance,
and
five
dollars
for
each
attendance
less
than
a
4
full
day,
and
mileage
expenses
pursuant
to
section
602.1509
5
reimbursement
for
actual
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
for
6
each
mile
actually
traveled
in
the
performance
of
duties,
not
7
to
exceed
a
maximum
rate
established
by
the
supreme
court
.
8
The
supreme
court
shall
prescribe
procedures
to
establish
the
9
maximum
rate,
terms,
and
conditions
for
reimbursement
of
the
10
expenses.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
819.3,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
12
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
13
A
witness
named
in
an
order
described
in
section
819.2
is
14
entitled
to
ten
cents
per
mile
reimbursement
of
the
actual
15
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
for
each
mile
traveled
by
the
16
most
direct
route
to
and
from
the
proceedings
the
witness
is
17
required
to
attend,
not
to
exceed
a
maximum
rate
established
18
by
the
supreme
court,
and
is
also
entitled
to
ten
dollars
per
19
day
for
each
day
spent
in
such
travel
or
in
attending
the
20
proceedings
as
a
witness.
The
supreme
court
shall
prescribe
21
procedures
to
establish
the
maximum
rate,
terms,
and
conditions
22
for
reimbursement
of
the
expenses.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
reimbursement
of
witness
mileage
27
expenses.
The
bill
amends
Code
section
622.69
(witness
fees)
28
to
provide
that
a
witness
no
longer
receives
mileage
expenses
29
pursuant
to
Code
section
602.1509,
but
instead
receives
30
reimbursement
for
actual
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
for
31
each
mile
actually
traveled
in
the
performance
of
duties,
not
32
to
exceed
a
maximum
rate
established
by
the
supreme
court.
The
33
bill
provides
that
the
supreme
court
shall
prescribe
procedures
34
to
establish
the
maximum
rate,
terms,
and
conditions
for
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reimbursement
of
the
expenses.
1
The
bill
also
amends
Code
section
819.3
(fees
and
2
enforcement
of
order)
to
provide
that
a
witness
named
in
an
3
order
described
in
Code
section
819.2
(witnesses
from
another
4
state
required
to
testify
in
this
state)
is
no
longer
entitled
5
to
10
cents
per
mile
but
rather
to
reimbursement
of
the
actual
6
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
for
each
mile
traveled
by
the
7
most
direct
route
to
and
from
the
proceeding
the
witness
is
8
required
to
attend,
not
to
exceed
the
maximum
rate
established
9
by
the
supreme
court.
Additionally,
the
bill
provides
that
10
the
supreme
court
shall
prescribe
procedures
to
establish
the
11
maximum
rate,
terms,
and
conditions
for
reimbursement
of
the
12
expenses.
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