PRINTER'S NO. 1827
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1434
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, ROZZI, McNEILL AND
READSHAW, MAY 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in constables, providing for
ineligibility and further providing for restricted account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 44 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 7133. Ineligibility.
(a) General rule.--An individual shall be ineligible to be a
constable or deputy constable if the individual:
(1) was convicted of an offense graded as a felony and
has not been pardoned; or
(2) is required to register under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.13
(relating to applicability).
(b) Certification.--The Constables' Education and Training
Board may not certify an individual as a constable or deputy
constable under section 7144(9) (relating to program
established) if the individual is disqualified under subsection
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(a). The board shall check criminal history record information
under 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record
information) to verify eligibility under subsection (a).
Section 2. Section 7149(b) of Title 44 is amended to read:
§ 7149. Restricted account.
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(b) Surcharge.--There is assessed as a cost in each case
before a magisterial district judge a surcharge of [$5] $9 per
docket number in each criminal case and [$5] $9 per named
defendant in each civil case in which a constable or deputy
constable performs a service provided in Subchapter G (relating
to compensation), except that no county shall be required to pay
this surcharge on behalf of any indigent or other defendant in a
criminal case.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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