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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY STURLA, CALTAGIRONE, PALLONE, KOTIK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BUXTON, DeLUCA, FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GIBBONS, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MELIO, MUNDY, MURT, O'NEILL, READSHAW, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SEIP, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, J. TAYLOR, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 16, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 16, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for |
3 | Commonwealth portion of fines. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 3571(b)(2) of Title 42 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 3571. Commonwealth portion of fines, etc. |
9 | * * * |
10 | (b) Vehicle offenses.-- |
11 | * * * |
12 | (2) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (4), when |
13 | prosecution under any other provision of Title 75 |
14 | (relating to vehicles) is the result of State Police |
15 | action, all fines, forfeited recognizances and other |
16 | forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited shall be payable |
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1 | to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License |
2 | Fund. One-half of the revenue shall be paid to |
3 | municipalities as designated in subparagraph (ii) in the |
4 | same ratio provided in section 4 of the act of June 1, |
5 | 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655), relating to partial |
6 | allocation of liquid fuels and fuel use tax proceeds. |
7 | (ii) (A) Except as provided in clause (B), only |
8 | municipalities that provide local police services |
9 | through a municipal police department, participation |
10 | in a regional police department or contracts with |
11 | other municipal or regional police for police |
12 | services may receive revenue under subparagraph (i). |
13 | (B) Municipalities that do not provide local |
14 | police services as listed under clause (A) shall be |
15 | paid revenue under subparagraph (i) in the following |
16 | amounts: |
17 | (I) In the first year after the effective |
18 | date of this subparagraph, 80% of the amount paid |
19 | to the municipality under subparagraph (i). |
20 | (II) In the second year after the effective |
21 | date of this subparagraph, 60% of the amount paid |
22 | to the municipality under subparagraph (i). |
23 | (III) In the third year after the effective |
24 | date of this subparagraph, 40% of the amount paid |
25 | to the municipality under subparagraph (i). |
26 | (IV) In the fourth year after the effective |
27 | date of this subparagraph, 20% of the amount paid |
28 | to the municipality under subparagraph (i). |
29 | (V) In the fifth year after the effective |
30 | date of this subparagraph and each year |
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1 | thereafter, 0% of the amount paid to the |
2 | municipality under subparagraph (i). |
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4 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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