Topic:
Juror fees and jury composition
(Madigan, D-Chicago; Mulroe, D-Chicago) makes the following changes for juror pay: (1) Requires counties to pay jurors $25 for the first day of service and thereafter $50 for each day of service. (2) Deletes the current requirement to pay for jurors’ travel expenses. (3) Requires all trials by jury in civil cases to be six jurors but still requires that the verdict be unanimous. If alternate jurors are requested, an additional fee established by the county must be charged for each alternate juror requested. Effective date would be June 1, 2015. Senate Bill 3075 is scheduled for hearing Dec. 1 in House Judiciary Committee.