Bill Text: PA HB2232 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for Commonwealth portion of fines; and creating the Assigned Vehicle and Equipment Upgrade Account.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 33-15)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-27 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2232 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB2232-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3157
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2232 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, ELLIS, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GERBER, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HANNA, HARHAI, HARKINS, HARRIS, HELM, HESS, HORNAMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KOTIK, KULA, MARSHALL, METZGAR, MILLER, MOUL, O'NEILL, PALLONE, PICKETT, PYLE, QUINN, REED, ROSS, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STEVENSON, SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YUDICHAK, JANUARY 27, 2010
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 27, 2010
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 75
(Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further
providing for Commonwealth portion of fines; and creating the
Assigned Vehicle and Equipment Upgrade Account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3571(b)(2) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3571. Commonwealth portion of fines, etc.
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(b) Vehicle offenses.--
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(2) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (4), when
prosecution under any other provision of Title 75 (relating
to vehicles) is the result of State Police action, all fines,
forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed, lost
or forfeited shall be payable to the Commonwealth, for credit
to the Motor License Fund. One-half of the revenue shall be
paid to municipalities as designated in subparagraph (ii) in
the same ratio provided in section 4 of the act of June 1,
1956 (P.L.1944, No.655), relating to partial allocation of
liquid fuels and fuel use tax proceeds.
(ii) Only municipalities that provide local police
services through a municipal police department,
participation in a regional police department or
contracts with other municipal or regional police for
police services may receive revenue under subparagraph
(i).
(iii) When one-half of the revenue under
subparagraph (i) is not payable to a municipality because
the municipality does not meet the qualifications of
subparagraph (ii), that amount shall be placed into a
restricted receipts account within the Motor License Fund
and designated as the Assigned Vehicle and Equipment
Upgrade Account. Funds in the Assigned Vehicle and
Equipment Upgrade Account shall be annually appropriated
to the Pennsylvania State Police for the purpose of
providing assigned vehicles to State troopers and
upgrading equipment as necessary.
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Section 2. Section 9511 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
§ 9511. Allocation of proceeds.
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(b.1) Assigned Vehicle and Equipment Upgrade Account.--The
amount of revenue received under 42 Pa.C.S. § 3571(b)(2)(iii)
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(relating to Commonwealth portion of fines, etc.) shall be
deposited in the Assigned Vehicle and Equipment Upgrade Account
within the Motor License Fund, which account is hereby created.
The funds deposited in the Assigned Vehicle and Equipment
Upgrade Account are hereby annually appropriated out of the
account to the Pennsylvania State Police for the purpose of
providing assigned vehicles to State troopers and upgrading
equipment as necessary.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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