§621-7  Fees; criminal cases.  (a) 
Every witness legally required to attend a state court or grand jury in any
criminal case, other than a public officer or employee, shall be entitled to
$20 for each day's attendance and a reasonable mileage fee to be established
pursuant to rules adopted by the judiciary for each mile actually and
necessarily traveled on the ground each way, including travel to and from the
nearest airport when required to travel from another island or from outside the
State.  In addition to witness' fees, every witness, who attends a state court
from outside the State shall be entitled to the actual round-trip cost of plane
travel, plus $110 per twenty-four-hour day, or if from any island other than
that on which the court holds session, shall be entitled to the actual
round-trip cost of plane travel, plus $55 per twenty-four-hour day, which
amounts shall cover all personal expenses, such as board and lodging.  These
per diem payments shall be computed on the basis of quarter day periods of
time.



(b)  Any police officer or other public officer
or employee (except the county attorney, prosecuting attorney, or deputy county
attorney or deputy prosecuting attorney), who attends a state court as a
witness from a district other than that in which the court is holding session,
shall be allowed the police officer's, public officer's, or employee's travel
cost and mileage fees as provided in this section.  A public officer or
employee, if not salaried, shall receive witness fees. [L 1907, c 53, §1; am L
1909, c 145, §1; RL 1925, §2560; am L 1925, c 23, §1; am L 1932 1st, c 13, §1;
RL 1935, §3816; RL 1945, §9827; am L 1945, c 38, §1; RL 1955, §222-7; am L
1963, c 57, §1; HRS §621-7; am L 1972, c 104, §1(e); am L 1980, c 305, §1; gen
ch 1985; am L 1989, c 176, §1]



 



Cross References



 



  Allowance of regular pay to government employees, see §79-14.



 



Attorney General Opinions



 



  "District" means one of the districts listed in
§4-1.  Att. Gen. Op. 73-1.