PRINTER'S NO. 2037

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 1662 Session of 1999

        INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, CIVERA, HARHAI, R. MILLER, STERN,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TRELLO AND WOGAN,
           JUNE 15, 1999

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 15, 1999

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
     3     loss of property rights to Commonwealth.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 6801(h) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 6801.  Loss of property rights to Commonwealth.
     9     * * *
    10     (h)  Authorization to utilize property.--The district
    11  attorney and the Attorney General shall utilize forfeited
    12  property or proceeds thereof for the [purpose of] following
    13  purposes:
    14         (1)  for enforcing the provisions of The Controlled
    15     Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act[.];
    16         (2)  [In appropriate cases, the district attorney and the
    17     Attorney General may designate proceeds from forfeited
    18     property to be utilized by community-based drug] for drug

     1     prevention and crime-fighting programs [and];
     2         (3)  for relocation and protection of witnesses in
     3     criminal cases[.]; and
     4         (4)  for use in juvenile crime prevention.
     5     * * *
     6     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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