PRINTER'S NO. 1490
No. 1070 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, CALTAGIRONE, PALLONE, BOYD, BUXTON,
FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GERGELY, GODSHALL, GRELL,
GRUCELA, JAMES, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KENNEY, KOTIK, MURT,
O'NEILL, PETRONE, RAYMOND, READSHAW, SANTONI, SIPTROTH,
WALKO, WHEATLEY, YOUNGBLOOD AND SCAVELLO, MAY 4, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 4, 2007
AN ACT
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.
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10 (b) Vehicle offenses.--
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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
17 to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License
1 Fund. One-half of the revenue shall be paid to
2 municipalities as designated in subparagraph (ii) in the
3 same ratio provided in section 4 of the act of June 1,
4 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655), relating to partial
5 allocation of liquid fuels and fuel use tax proceeds.
6 (ii) (A) Except as provided in clause (B), only
7 municipalities that provide local police services
8 through a municipal police department, participation
9 in a regional police department or contracts with
10 other municipal or regional police for police
11 services may receive revenue under subparagraph (i).
12 (B) Municipalities that do not provide local
13 police services as listed under clause (A) shall be
14 paid revenue under subparagraph (i) in the following
15 amounts:
16 (I) In the first year after the effective
17 date of this subparagraph, 80% of the amount paid
18 to the municipality under subparagraph (i).
19 (II) In the second year after the effective
20 date of this subparagraph, 60% of the amount paid
21 to the municipality under subparagraph (i).
22 (III) In the third year after the effective
23 date of this subparagraph, 40% of the amount paid
24 to the municipality under subparagraph (i).
25 (IV) In the fourth year after the effective
26 date of this subparagraph, 20% of the amount paid
27 to the municipality under subparagraph (i).
28 (V) In the fifth year after the effective
29 date of this subparagraph and each year
30 thereafter, 0% of the amount paid to the
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1 municipality under subparagraph (i).
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3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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