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Amend the bill by adding after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
 
Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
 
Initiative: Provides funding for an increase in the per diem paid to jurors from $10 per day to $20.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
All Other	$240,469	$320,625	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$240,469	$320,625	

Courts - Supreme, Superior and District 0063
 
Initiative: Provides funding to increase the mileage rate paid to jurors from 15¢ per mile to the rate specified for state employees in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 8, currently 44¢ per mile.

GENERAL FUND	2015-16	2016-17	
All Other	$220,400	$293,867	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$220,400	$293,867	

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2015-16	2016-17	
			
GENERAL FUND	$460,869	$614,492	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$460,869	$614,492	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill. It appropriates funds to pay increased mileage reimbursement and increased per diem compensation to jurors.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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