PRINTER'S NO. 2773
No. 2012 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY DERMODY, SOLOBAY, WALKO, LaGROTTA, GEORGE, GOODMAN, PISTELLA, STABACK, READSHAW, PALLONE, SHANER, BASTIAN, DeLUCA, BELFANTI, CURRY, TIGUE, YOUNGBLOOD, GERGELY AND THOMAS, OCTOBER 13, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 13, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 constable fees.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2950(g) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended November 30, 2004 (P.L.1618,
8 No.207), is amended to read:
9 § 2950. Fees.
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11 (g) Criminal cases.--Fees in criminal cases shall be as
12 follows:
13 (1) For executing a warrant or for effectuating the
14 payment of fines and costs by attempting to execute a
15 warrant, [$15] $25 per warrant.
16 (2) For taking custody of a defendant, $5 per defendant.
17 (3) For conveyance of defendant to or from court, $5 per
1 defendant. 2 (4) For attendance at arraignment or hearing, [$5] $10 3 per defendant. 4 (5) For executing discharge, $5 per defendant. 5 (6) For executing commitment, $5 per defendant. 6 (7) For executing release, $5 per defendant. 7 (8) For making returns to the court, $2.50. 8 (9) For holding one or more defendants at the office of 9 a magisterial district judge, $10 per hour per defendant 10 beyond the first half hour. 11 (10) For conveying defendants for fingerprinting, $5 per 12 defendant. 13 (11) For fingerprinting or overseeing the fingerprinting 14 of defendants at the direction of a magisterial district 15 judge, $10 per defendant, plus $10 per hour beyond the first 16 half hour. 17 (12) For providing courtroom security as ordered, $10 18 per hour, prorated to the nearest whole dollar, assessed 19 against one or more parties as determined by the court. 20 (13) For serving subpoenas, $10 for the first witness at 21 each address, plus $2.50 for each additional witness at the 22 same address. The same fee shall be payable for attempting to 23 service a subpoena at a wrong address supplied by the party 24 requesting the service. 25 * * * 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. B9L42MSP/20050H2012B2773 - 2 -