Montana Code 3-5-213. Expenses when out of district
3-5-213. Expenses when out of district. A district court judge who sits in the place of another judge in the trial or hearing of an action or proceeding in a district other than the judge’s own or in the supreme court or who attends a conference of judges in Helena called by the chief justice of the supreme court must be paid the judge’s actual and necessary travel expenses, as provided in 2-18-501 through 2-18-503, while engaged in that service as follows:
Terms Used In Montana Code 3-5-213
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1)travel expenses from the county seat of the county in which the judge resides to the place of trial, hearing, or conference and return; and
(2)board and lodging while engaged in the trial, hearing, or conference.