PRINTER'S NO. 1414
No. 1226 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY ITKIN, McVERRY, KOSINSKI, VEON, HALUSKA, GODSHALL,
ROBINSON, BILLOW, NOYE, COLAFELLA, TIGUE, BELFANTI, MERRY,
GIGLIOTTI, OLASZ, FLICK, GEIST, JOHNSON, KASUNIC, FOX,
PISTELLA, VROON, LEVDANSKY, BELARDI, FARGO, TRELLO, HOWLETT
AND BISHOP, APRIL 19, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 19, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 limits on certain costs arising in summary convictions for
4 motor vehicle cases.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1725.1(b) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 1725.1. Costs.
10 * * *
11 (b) Criminal cases.--The costs to be charged by the minor
12 judiciary or by the court of common pleas where appropriate in
13 every criminal case, except as otherwise provided in this
14 section, shall be as follows:
15 (1) Summary conviction, except motor vehicle
16 cases................................................ $23.50
17 (2) Summary conviction, motor vehicles cases,
1 other than paragraph (3)............................. $17.50
2 (3) Summary conviction, motor vehicle cases,
3 hearing demanded..................................... $22.50
4 (4) Misdemeanor................................. $27.50
5 (5) Felony...................................... $32.50
6 Such costs shall include all charges including the costs of
7 giving a district justice's transcript to the prosecutor or
8 defendant, or both, if requested. Such costs shall not include,
9 however, the cost of postage and registered mail which shall be
10 paid by the defendant upon conviction. The costs imposed in
11 paragraph (2) shall not, under any circumstances, exceed the
12 amount of the fine imposed for the violation.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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