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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY STURLA, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, DAVIS, FREEMAN, GEIST, HARHAI, HARKINS, JOSEPHS, KILLION, KULA, MULLERY, MYERS, M. O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, READSHAW, VULAKOVICH AND DALEY, JUNE 20, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 20, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for |
3 | Commonwealth portion of fines, etc. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 3571(b)(2) of Title 42 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 3571. Commonwealth portion of fines, etc. |
9 | * * * |
10 | (b) Vehicle offenses.-- |
11 | * * * |
12 | (2) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (4), when |
13 | prosecution under any other provision of Title 75 |
14 | (relating to vehicles) is the result of State Police |
15 | action, all fines, forfeited recognizances and other |
16 | forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited shall be payable |
17 | to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License |
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1 | Fund. One-half of the revenue shall be paid to |
2 | municipalities as designated in subparagraph (ii) in the |
3 | same ratio provided in section 4 of the act of June 1, |
4 | 1956 (P.L.1944, No.655), relating to partial allocation |
5 | of liquid fuels and fuel use tax proceeds. |
6 | (ii) (A) Except as provided in clause (B), only |
7 | municipalities that provide local police services |
8 | through a municipal police department, participation |
9 | in a regional police department or contracts with |
10 | other municipal or regional police for police |
11 | services may receive revenue under subparagraph (i). |
12 | (B) Municipalities that do not provide local |
13 | police services as listed under clause (A) shall be |
14 | paid revenue under subparagraph (i) in the following |
15 | amounts: |
16 | (I) In the first year after the effective |
17 | date of this subparagraph, 50% of the amount paid |
18 | to the municipality under subparagraph (i). |
19 | (II) In the second year after the effective |
20 | date of this subparagraph, 25% of the amount paid |
21 | to the municipality under subparagraph (i). |
22 | (III) In the third year after the effective |
23 | date of this subparagraph and each year |
24 | thereafter, no amount shall be paid to the |
25 | municipality under subparagraph (i). |
26 | (C) Revenue that is not paid to municipalities |
27 | under clause (B) shall be transferred to the |
28 | Pennsylvania State Police for cadet classes. |
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30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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