THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PYLE, AUMENT, CLYMER, FREEMAN, GODSHALL, KNOWLES, SONNEY, GEIST AND HESS, JUNE 2, 2011

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 14, 2011   

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance,

further providing for Commonwealth portion of fines.

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 and the subsection

is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 3571.  Commonwealth portion of fines, etc.

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(b)  Vehicle offenses.--

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(2)  Except as provided in [paragraph (4)] paragraphs (4)

and (5), when prosecution under any other provision of Title

75 (relating to vehicles) is the result of State Police

action, all of the following apply:

(i)  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 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655), [relating to partial

allocation of liquid fuels and fuel use tax proceeds.] 

referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation

Law.

(ii)  Distribution of revenue is as follows:

(A)  Only a municipality that has a population of

not more than 3,000 or that provides at least 40

hours per week of 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).

(B)  Revenue that is not paid to municipalities

under clause (A) shall be deposited into a restricted

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account within the General Fund and transferred to

the Pennsylvania State Police for cadet classes.

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(C)  All revenue within the restricted account

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under clause (B) shall be used solely for the purpose

of training new Pennsylvania State Police troopers.

(D)  Not later than July 1, 2012, and every July

1 thereafter, the Pennsylvania State Police shall

submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an

annual report of the revenues received and a

description of the expenditures from the restricted

account under clause (B).

(E)  The annual report required under clause (D)

shall include the following information:

(I)  The amount of funds deposited into the

restricted account.

(II)  A listing of all expenses paid from the

restricted account.

(F)  The Pennsylvania State Police shall publish

and maintain the annual report required under clause

(D) on their publicly accessible Internet website.

(G)  At the discretion of the Pennsylvania State

Police, the annual report required under clause (D)

may be submitted to the Governor and the General

Assembly by electronic mail.

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(5)  When prosecution under any other provision of Title

75 is the result of State Police action on an interstate

highway, as defined in 75 Pa.C.S. § 102 (relating to

definitions), all fines, forfeited recognizances and other

forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited shall be payable to

the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License Fund.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.