§ 9-9-29. Public transportation.
The jury commissioner shall establish a procedure whereby, upon request, any serving juror shall be allowed the use of the regularly scheduled services of the Rhode Island public transit authority and the Pawtucket-Providence commuter ferry shuttle service and passage upon the Claiborne Pell Bridge free of charge on each day of the juror’s service. A juror requesting these services shall be given a travel voucher valid for use of the services of the Rhode Island public transit authority or the Pawtucket-Providence commuter ferry shuttle service or tokens valid for passage upon the Claiborne Pell Bridge while he or she is serving as a juror.
History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 534, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 338, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 9 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure Generally
Section 9-9-1.1. - Qualifications of jurors.
Section 9-9-1.2. - Interpreters or readers for jury service.
Section 9-9-2. - Exclusion for race, color, or previous servitude, disability, or gender prohibited.
Section 9-9-3. - Persons exempt from service.
Section 9-9-5. - Jury commissioner — Term — Appointment and removal.
Section 9-9-6. - Vacancies in office of jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-7. - Assistants and expenses of office.
Section 9-9-8 - — 9-9-14. Repealed.
Section 9-9-14.1. - Selection of jurors by use of electronic data processing equipment.
Section 9-9-14.2. - Time of selections.
Section 9-9-15 - — 9-9-21. Repealed.
Section 9-9-22. - Period during which names drawn are liable to service as jurors.
Section 9-9-23. - Investigation of names drawn — Lists of persons well qualified to serve.
Section 9-9-24. - Appeals from jury commissioner.
Section 9-9-25. - Application to pending proceedings.
Section 9-9-26. - Appropriations — Expenses.
Section 9-9-27. - Retention of jury lists.
Section 9-9-28. - Prohibition against loss of employment or longevity benefits.