4553 - Expenses of investigating grand juries and trials resulting therefrom.
§ 4553. Expenses of investigating grand juries and trials resulting therefrom. (a) County.--The expenses of a county investigating grand jury shall be borne by the county in which it is impaneled. (b) Multicounty.--The expenses of any multicounty investigating grand jury shall be borne by the Commonwealth. (1) Multicounty investigating grand jurors shall be compensated at the rate of $40 for each day that they report for service. Jurors shall be paid a travel allowance at the rate that an employee of the Office of Attorney General on official business would be reimbursed. Jurors shall receive payment of per diem meal expenses in the amounts of $6 for breakfast, $10 for lunch and $25 for dinner for any day or portion thereof that the person is serving as a juror. Only those persons who are required, because of the distance from their residence, to obtain overnight accommodations at the site of the multicounty investigating grand jury shall receive payment of a per diem for breakfast and dinner. (2) The costs and expenses resulting from any trial of a person against whom a presentment has been issued by a multicounty investigating grand jury shall be borne by the Commonwealth. Costs and expenses under this subsection include, but are not limited to, all reasonable costs incurred by the county for the services of the courts, the trial jury, the sheriff, the clerk of courts, the county prison, the district attorney and any public defender appointed by the court, and related costs and expenses incurred by the county in the course of the trial. (3) Counties shall be reimbursed from the General Fund of the Commonwealth upon application to the State Treasurer through the Office of Attorney General pursuant to procedures prescribed by that office. (Dec. 19, 1984, P.L.1089, No.218, eff. imd.; Dec. 19, 1984, P.L.1189, No.225, eff. imd.; Oct. 17, 2002, P.L.880, No.127, eff. imd.) 2002 Amendment. Act 127 amended subsec. (b). 1984 Amendments. Acts 218 and 225 amended the entire section, retroactive to March 29, 1983. Act 225 overlooked the amendment by Act 218, but the amendments do not conflict in substance and have both been given effect in setting forth the text of the section. Cross References. Section 4553 is referred to in section 4561 of this title.