PRINTER'S NO. 4209

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 2787 Session of 2002

        INTRODUCED BY STERN, RUBLEY, LEWIS, DALEY, T. STEVENSON,
           LESCOVITZ, BROOKS, GEIST, J. TAYLOR, PICKETT, HENNESSEY,
           YOUNGBLOOD, KIRKLAND, READSHAW, SATHER, KELLER, L. I. COHEN,
           HERSHEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, HUTCHINSON, FEESE AND HARHAI,
           JULY 1, 2002

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 1, 2002

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for fingerprint
     3     fee.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 1725.5.  Fingerprint fee.
     9     (a)  Imposition.--A person who pleads guilty or nolo
    10  contendere to or receives Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
    11  or is convicted of a crime as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 106
    12  (relating to classes of offenses) and has fingerprints taken
    13  pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. § 9112 (relating to mandatory
    14  fingerprinting), 3929 (relating to retail theft) or 3929.1
    15  (relating to library theft) shall, in addition to any fines,
    16  penalties or costs, pay a fingerprint fee which shall include,
    17  but is not limited to, the actual cost of having the

     1  fingerprints taken.
     2     (b)  Amount of fee.--The director of the unit of a criminal
     3  justice agency which took the fingerprints shall determine the
     4  actual cost of the fingerprint services provided and shall
     5  transmit a statement of services rendered to the court. The
     6  court may set the fee at an amount above the actual cost.
     7     (c)  Disposition of fees.--Fees collected pursuant to this
     8  section shall be used solely for the operation and maintenance
     9  of fingerprint services provided by a criminal justice agency.
    10     (d)  Other laws.--The fingerprint fee shall be imposed
    11  notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary.
    12     (e)  Definition.--As used in this section, the term "criminal
    13  justice agency" shall have the same meaning given to it in 18
    14  Pa.C.S. § 9102 (relating to definitions).
    15     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.










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