PRINTER'S NO. 956
No. 854 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, EARLL, MELLOW, MADIGAN, WOZNIAK, STAPLETON, STOUT, O'PAKE, MUSTO, WAGNER, BODACK, BELAN, LAVALLE, SCHWARTZ, KUKOVICH AND KASUNIC, APRIL 27, 1999
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 27, 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 the 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 enforcing the 13 provisions of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and 14 Cosmetic Act, 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses) and 15 75 Pa.C.S. (relating to vehicles). In appropriate cases, the 16 district attorney and the Attorney General may designate 17 proceeds from forfeited property to be utilized by community- 18 based drug and crime-fighting programs and for relocation and
1 protection of witnesses in criminal cases. 2 * * * 3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. D6L42JLW/19990S0854B0956 - 2 -