SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2000 PRINTER'S NO. 3631
No. 1635 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, JAMES, GORDNER, STABACK, NICKOL, SHANER,
STERN, HERSHEY, ARMSTRONG, LUCYK, HESS, ZIMMERMAN, SOLOBAY,
SCHRODER, ROSS, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY, LEH, BASTIAN, BELFANTI,
BUXTON, BUNT, TULLI, ZUG, PESCI, McNAUGHTON, WOJNAROSKI,
GEIST, DAILEY, MARSICO, LEDERER, GIGLIOTTI, COSTA, WILLIAMS,
CORRIGAN, VAN HORNE, McCALL, TRELLO, CORNELL, McILHINNEY,
L. I. COHEN, S. MILLER AND WASHINGTON, JUNE 14, 1999
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 5, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES <--
3 TO BE CHARGED BY THE CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF
4 PHILADELPHIA; authorizing clerks of courts of common pleas to
5 increase certain fees and to impose automation fees; AND <--
6 MAKING A REPEAL.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
10 Statutes is amended by adding a section SECTIONS to read: <--
11 § 1725.4 FEES CHARGED BY CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS. <--
12 (A) IMPOSITION OF FEES.--THE FOLLOWING FILING AND SERVICE
13 FEES SHALL BE RECEIVED BY THE CLERK OF QUARTER SESSIONS OF
14 PHILADELPHIA:
15 APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR................. $20.00
16 APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL PSYCHIATRIST................. 20.00
1 BAIL-PIECE.......................................... 20.00
2 BAIL BOND ENTERING OF ALL TYPES, INCLUDING SIGN OWN
3 BAIL (S.O.B.) AND RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE (R.O.R.).. 20.00
4 BAIL FORFEITURES.................................... 25.00
5 BENCH WARRANTS WITHDRAWAL........................... 20.00
6 BAIL OF PARTICULARS AND DISCOVERY................... 20.00
7 CERTIFIED COPY OF RECORD BILL OF INFORMATION FOR THE
8 FIRST PAGE AND $1.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE.......... 20.00
9 CERTIFIED COPY OF DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL CASE FOR
10 THE FIRST COPY AND $1.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL COPY...... 20.00
11 CERTIFIED COPY OF DOCKET ENTRIES.................... 20.00
12 COMMON PLEAS COURT MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL AND/OR IN
13 ARREST OF JUDGMENT..................................... 20.00
14 COST PER ONE BILL OF INFORMATION IN EACH CRIMINAL
15 CASE................................................... 150.00
16 DETECTIVE LICENSE (FILING APPLICATION FOR).......... 20.00
17 EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE RECORD....................... 40.00
18 EXPUNGEMENTS........................................ 40.00
19 FELONY.............................................. 100.00
20 FILING AND ENTERING APPEALS TO COMMONWEALTH,
21 SUPERIOR OR SUPREME COURT.............................. 50.00
22 FILING, DOCKETING AND CERTIFYING ANY PETITIONS,
23 APPLICATIONS, MOTIONS NOT HEREIN SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED
24 FOR.................................................... 20.00
25 FUNERAL PETITIONS................................... 25.00
26 HABEAS CORPUS....................................... 20.00
27 MISDEMEANOR......................................... 100.00
28 MOTION TO QUASH MUNICIPAL COURT TRANSCRIPT.......... 20.00
29 MOTION TO QUASH BILLS OF INFORMATION................ 20.00
30 MOTION TO SUPPRESS.................................. 20.00
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1 OMNIBUS PRETRIAL MOTION FOR RELIEF.................. 40.00
2 (FLAT)
3 PRODUCING A RECORD IN RESPONSE TO SUBPOENA FOR THE
4 FIRST FOUR HOURS, THEN $10.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL HOUR. 50.00
5 PROBATION AND PAROLE MATTERS........................ 20.00
6 PETITION FOR BAIL OR BAIL REDUCTION................. 20.00
7 PETITION FOR CHANGE OF VENUE........................ 20.00
8 RECOGNIZANCE, FORFEITED, RESPITED AND INDEXING ANY
9 COMMON PLEAS COURT..................................... 20.00
10 RETURN OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY...................... 20.00
11 ANY PROCEEDING UNDER RULE #1100 OR #6013............ 20.00
12 RECONSIDERATION OF SENTENCE......................... 20.00
13 SHORT CERTIFICATE AND SEAL.......................... 10.00
14 SUBPOENA AND SEAL................................... 5.00
15 SUMMARY CITATION (COST OF COURT).................... 50.00
16 SUMMARY CITATION APPEAL (NONTRAFFIC RELATED)........ 25.00
17 TRAFFIC COURT APPEAL (EACH CITATION)................ 25.00
18 WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL.................................. 20.00
19 RETURNED CHECK...................................... 25.00
20 COURT RECORD SEARCH (ALPHABETICAL, FIVE YEARS OR
21 LESS).................................................. 15.00
22 COURT RECORD SEARCH (ALPHABETICAL, OVER FIVE YEARS). 30.00
23 (B) NONSPECIFIED SERVICES.--THE FEE FOR A SERVICE NOT
24 SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE THE SAME AS
25 FOR A SIMILAR SERVICE, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CLERK.
26 (C) PERFORMANCE.--THE CLERK SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM
27 A SERVICE UNTIL THE REQUISITE FEE IS PAID.
28 § 1725.4. 1725.5. Fee increases and automation fee. <--
29 (a) Increasing existing fees.--
30 (1) In counties of the second class A and the third
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1 through eighth class, including home rule counties of the
2 same class, the clerk of courts may increase any fee or
3 charge that exists as of the effective date of this section
4 with the approval of the president judge. The amount of any
5 increase may not be greater than the aggregate of the
6 consumer price index from the month in which the fee was last
7 established through June 1998.
8 (2) The amount of any fee or charge increased pursuant
9 to paragraph (1) may be increased every three years, provided
10 that the amount of the increase may not be greater than the
11 percentage of increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban
12 Workers for the immediate three years preceding the last
13 increase in the fee or charge.
14 (b) Automation fee for clerk of courts office.--In addition
15 to any other fee authorized by law, an automation fee of not
16 more than $5 may be charged and collected by the clerk of courts
17 of counties of the second class A and the third through eighth
18 class, including home rule counties of the same class, for the
19 initiation of any action or legal proceeding. The automation fee
20 shall be deposited into a special clerk of courts automation
21 fund established in each county. Moneys in the special fund
22 shall be used solely for the purpose of automation and continued
23 automation update of the office of the clerk of courts.
24 SECTION 2. THE ACT OF OCTOBER 12, 1984 (P.L.964, NO.188), <--
25 REFERRED TO AS THE PHILADELPHIA QUARTER SESSIONS CLERK FEE LAW,
26 IS REPEALED.
27 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. <--
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