FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 214
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BARTLE.
Pre-filed December 30, 2002, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
0804S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal sections 488.032 and 491.280, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to witness fees.
Section A.Sections 488.032 and 491.280, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 488.032 and 491.280, to read as follows:
488.032.1.Witnesses shall, pursuant to section 491.280, RSMo, be allowed fees for their services [subject to guidelines to be promulgated by the supreme court].
2.Each witness may be examined on oath by the court or by the clerk when the court shall so order as to factors relevant to the proper amount of payment pursuant to this section.
491.280.1.Witnesses shall be allowed fees for their services [subject to guidelines to be promulgated by the supreme court] in the amount of twenty-five dollars per day plus a mileage allowance determined as provided in section 33.095, RSMo.
2.Each witness may be examined on oath by the court or by the clerk when the court shall so order, as to factors relevant to the proper amount of payment pursuant to th