PRINTER'S NO. 96
No. 95 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY FREIND, JANUARY 19, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 19, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 costs.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 1725.1 of Title 42, act
7 of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended July 10, 1980
9 (No.106), is amended to read:
10 § 1725.1. Costs.
11 * * *
12 (b) Criminal cases.--
13 (1) The costs to be charged by the minor judiciary or by
14 the court of common pleas where appropriate in every criminal
15 case, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be
16 as follows:
17 [(1)] (i) Summary conviction, except motor vehicle
18 cases ............................................ $16.00
1 [(2)] (ii) Summary conviction, motor vehicles cases,
2 other than [paragraph (3)] subparagraph (iii).... $10.00
3 [(3)] (iii) Summary conviction, motor vehicle cases,
4 hearing demanded ................................. $15.00
5 [(4)] (iv) Misdemeanor ...................... $20.00
6 [(5)] (v) Felony ............................ $25.00
7 (2) Such costs shall include all charges including the
8 costs of giving a district justice's transcript to the
9 prosecutor or defendant, or both, if requested. Such costs
10 shall not include, however, the cost of postage and
11 registered mail which shall be paid by the defendant upon
12 conviction.
13 (3) In those criminal cases where the defendant has been
14 assessed costs and has paid such costs and is later found not
15 guilty or is otherwise exonerated from criminal liability for
16 the charges, the defendant shall be reimbursed by the county
17 and the Commonwealth for the costs paid. The county and the
18 Commonwealth shall each reimburse the defendant that portion
19 of the costs paid over to it originally.
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21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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