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House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted:	January 27, 2017 02:09 PM
From:	Representative Russ Diamond
To:	All House members
Subject:	Helping Local Police Offset Costs (Former HB1740)

In the near future, I will be re-introducing legislation (2015-16 HB1740) to increase the fee for a local police report of a vehicle accident as permitted under § 3751 of Title 75. Currently, the maximum fee local police departments are permitted to charge for furnishing a copy of an accident report is $15. This figure was set in 1992 and inflation would dictate that the same figure should now be $25.80. Current law does allow for a $25 fee in a city of the first class, but the rest of our local police departments are capped at $15. My legislation increases that maximum fee to $22 to be in-line with the cost of a state police report, and allows police departments to issue an initial basic report to help victims file timely insurance claims. I urge you to join me in co-sponsoring this legislation to help local police departments defer costs and to help keep local general taxes low. In the 2015-16 session, the House passed HB1740 by a vote of 172-17. PREVIOUS CO-SPONSORS: BOBACK, COHEN, DUSH, EVERETT, GODSHALL, HARHART, MILLARD, D. MILLER, MILNE, D. PARKER, PASHINSKI, RADER, SANTORA, STAATS, THOMAS, TOOHIL, WATSON, WHEELAND, WHITE, ZIMMERMAN, STURLA and MICCARELLI

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