Bill Text: PA HB714 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for municipal corporation portion of fines.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB714 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB714-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 793
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 714 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, CASORIO, DALEY, FLECK, GEIST, GIBBONS, HORNAMAN, MANN, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, READSHAW, SABATINA, SCAVELLO AND SIPTROTH, MARCH 4, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 4, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
municipal corporation portion of fines.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3573 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 3573. Municipal corporation portion of fines, etc.
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(c.1) Police services.--
(1) A municipal corporation shall be reimbursed for
eligible police services performed by the police department
of the municipal corporation by individuals who are convicted
of and sentenced for a felony.
(2) Rate of reimbursement for eligible police services
shall be set as follows:
(i) Actual mileage for travel by motor vehicle shall
be reimbursed at a rate equal to the highest rate allowed
by the Internal Revenue Service. If travel is by other
than motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be for actual
vouchered travel expenses. If more than one defendant is
transported simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for
actual miles traveled, and the travel cost shall be
divided between or among the defendants who are convicted
and sentenced.
(ii) Actual time for which the defendant is in
custody under the authority of the police department and
for attending an arraignment or court hearing for an
official purpose related to the prosecution of the
defendant shall be reimbursed at a rate of $13 per hour.
If more than one defendant is in custody for the same
incident simultaneously or if attendance is required at
an arraignment or court hearing for an official purpose
related to the prosecution of more than one defendant
simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for actual time,
and the cost shall be divided between or among the
defendants who are convicted and sentenced.
(3) As used in this section, "eligible police services"
shall mean time and mileage associated with:
(i) Taking a defendant into custody.
(ii) Transporting a defendant from where the
defendant is taken into custody to where the defendant is
transferred to another authority or released.
(iii) Attending an arraignment or court hearing for
an official purpose related to the prosecution of the
defendant.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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