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PRINTER'S NO. 1121
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
857
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY, VULAKOVICH, BOSCOLA, COSTA
AND BREWSTER, AUGUST 29, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, AUGUST 29, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in officers serving
process and enforcing orders, providing for municipal police.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 29 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER D
MUNICIPAL POLICE
Sec.
2961. Municipal police.
ยง 2961. Municipal police.
(a) Fee.--If a municipal police officer executes one or more
warrants or effectuates the payment of fines and costs by
attempting to execute one or more warrants, the fee for such
service shall be $35 per defendant.
(b) Payment.--The fee shall be borne by the defendant. The
fee shall be collected as provided by law for court costs. Once
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collected, the fee shall be remitted to the municipality which
provided the service or to the Commonwealth if no municipal
police department exists for the municipality.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
" municipal police officer " shall include the Pennsylvania State
Police where no municipal police department exists.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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