PRINTER'S NO. 1770
No. 1424 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, RUBLEY, BISHOP, BELFANTI, BEBKO-JONES,
CAPPELLI, CRUZ, DALEY, GEORGE, HARHAI, HORSEY, JAMES,
McGEEHAN, WASHINGTON, WATERS, YOUNGBLOOD, BROWNE, CREIGHTON
AND CRAHALLA, MAY 12, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 12, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, imposing a restitution fee for
3 convictions; and establishing the Juvenile and Criminal
4 Justice Technology Enhancement Fund.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1110. Restitution fee.
10 (a) General rule.--In addition to any other sentence
11 imposed, the court shall order an offender to pay a restitution
12 fee equal to 5% of the fine imposed but not less than $10, which
13 fee shall be deposited into a special fund in the State
14 Treasury, to be known as the Juvenile and Criminal Justice
15 Technology Enhancement Fund.
16 (b) Use of fee.--The moneys of the Juvenile and Criminal
17 Justice Technology Enhancement Fund are hereby appropriated on a
18 continuing basis to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
1 Delinquency, which shall use the moneys to reimburse the
2 commission for the administrative costs directly related to the
3 making of grants from the Juvenile and Criminal Justice
4 Technology Enhancement Fund. No more than 15% of the fund shall
5 be expended on the administrative fees relating to collecting
6 the restitution fees and the remaining 85% shall be made
7 available to the counties from which the restitution fees were
8 remitted and to maintain arrest and arraignment systems and
9 other future juvenile or criminal data systems and services.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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