(A) (1) Witnesses in any proceeding in the Municipal Court, other than police officers or peace officers, shall be entitled to $20 for each day of attendance, plus $0.10 for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in going to, and returning from, the place of attendance, if their residence is more than five miles outside the corporate limits of the city.
(2) No witness shall receive fees or mileage in more than one case for the same period of time or the same travel.
(B) A defendant seeking to subpoena witnesses must deposit, with the Clerk of the Court, a sum sufficient to cover fees and mileage for one day of attendance for each witness to be summoned. The deposit shall not be required from an indigent defendant who files an affidavit setting out:
(1) The names of no more than three witnesses;
(2) The defendant, by reason of his or her poverty, is unable to provide fees and mileage allowed by law;
(3) The testimony of the witnesses is material; and
(4) Their attendance at the trial is necessary for his or her proper defense.
(C) The fees of witnesses in such cases shall be paid by the city.
(2002 Code, § 39.23)