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B-207034 1 (1982-11-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadksa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-207034 F: TTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL V OF THE UNITED BTATES ~ WASHNGNTON, . .C. 201549 DATE: November 4, 1982 Sergeant Richard P. Stevenson, USAF A military member on active duty receiving full pay and allowances served as a juror in a State court. He received $35 in fees for his jury duty. The member may not keep the fees because he was not in a leave status and he is therefore receiving additional compensation for per- forming his duties presumably during normal working hours. Captain H. L. Bean, Accounting and Finance Officer, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, requests an advance decision as to whether a military member may keep fees received for serving as a juror in a State court while he was receiving full military pay and allowances. We con- clude that a military member not in leave status may not receive compensation from a State court for the time during which he is on active duty and receiving full military pay and allowances. This case was forwarded to us by the Air Force Accounting and Finance Center and has been assigned sub- mission No. DO-AF-1388 by the Department of Defense Mili- tary Pay and Allowance Committee. Sergeant Richard P. Stevenson, USAF, served as a juror in January, 1982, in a district court of the State of Idaho. For his services Sergeant Stevenson received $35 in fees and $0.80 in transportation expense. The Accounting and Finance Office subsequently withheld $35 from Sergeant Stevenson's pay and placed it in a suspense account until it is determined whether payment of the jury fees may be accepted by the member. The Accounting and Finance Officer notes that in a publication of April 18, 1980, issued by the Air Force Accounting and Finance Center it is indicated that jury fees could be retained by the member. However, the opin- ion was expressed by Judge Advocate personnel that the fees could not be retained. 1 c tQ OECISION FILE: MATTER 0 DIGEST:

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