PRINTER'S NO. 921
No. 817 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY DeMEDIO, RITTER, FRYER, MEBUS AND WEIDNER,
MARCH 29, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, MARCH 29, 1977
AN ACT
1 Establishing the fees to be charged and collected by the clerk
2 of courts in second through eighth class counties.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The fees to be charged and collected by the
6 clerks of courts in second through eighth class counties shall
7 be as follows:
8 (1) A fee of not less than $35 nor more than $75 for all
9 proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed of at
10 any time during or after trial.
11 (2) A fee of not less than $20 nor more than $50 for all
12 proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed of
13 before trial.
14 (3) The fees referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be
15 set annually by the clerk of courts on or before March 1 of each
16 year to apply to fees charged during the next ensuing year and
17 when added to other fees charged shall bear a reasonable
18 relationship to the sum sufficient to maintain and operate the
1 office of clerk of courts except that the fees for 1978 shall be
2 set on December 1, 1977.
3 (4) A fee of $15 for all proceedings in summary matters.
4 (5) A fee of $5 for all certifications.
5 (6) A fee of $10 for all other matters filed in the office
6 and for all reports prepared by the clerk except that no fee
7 shall be charged for filing township and borough audit reports
8 or transcripts received which indicate a final disposition by
9 the district justice.
10 (7) When the clerk has been unable to collect a fee from an
11 indigent person and the court has certified it as uncollectible
12 the office shall be entitled to a credit from the county and the
13 same shall be deemed an earned fee.
14 Section 2. (a) The act of June 11, 1915 (P.L.938, No.413),
15 entitled, as amended "An act to regulate and establish the fees
16 to be charged and collected by the several clerks of the courts
17 of oyer and terminer, general jail delivery, and quarter
18 sessions of the peace, in counties of the second and second A
19 class," is repealed.
20 (b) The act of June 25, 1947 (P.L.956, No.403), entitled "An
21 act to ascertain and appoint the fees to be received by the
22 clerks of the courts of oyer and terminer, and quarter sessions,
23 of the Commonwealth in counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
24 sixth, seventh and eighth classes," is repealed.
25 Section 3. This act shall take effect December 1, 1977.
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