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(a.1) Additional fees.--
(1) In addition to the court costs and filing fees
authorized to be collected by statute:
(i) An additional fee of [$10] $12 shall be charged
and collected by the prothonotaries of the Pennsylvania
Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts for each
initial filing for which a fee, charge or cost is now
authorized.
(ii) An additional fee of [$10] $12 shall be charged
and collected by the prothonotaries, clerks of orphans'
courts and registers of wills of all courts of common
pleas, or by any officials designated to perform the
functions thereof, for the initiation of any civil action
or legal proceeding.
(iii) An additional fee of [$10] $12 shall be
charged by the clerks of courts of all courts of common
pleas, or by any officials designated to perform the
functions thereof, for the initiation of any criminal
proceeding for which a fee, charge or cost is now
authorized and a conviction is obtained or guilty plea is
entered. The additional fee under this subparagraph shall
also be charged and collected when a defendant is granted
entry into Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition or any
other pretrial diversionary program.
(iv) An additional fee of [$10] $12 shall be charged
and collected by the minor judiciary, including
magisterial district judges, Philadelphia Municipal
Court, Philadelphia Traffic Court and Pittsburgh
Municipal Court, for the initiation of a legal proceeding
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