PRINTER'S NO. 591
No. 564 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, MELLOW, WAGNER, MADIGAN, LAVALLE, MUSTO,
HUGHES, KASUNIC, LOGAN, O'PAKE, KUKOVICH, BODACK, STACK,
WOZNIAK AND STOUT, MARCH 6, 2001
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 loss of property rights to the Commonwealth.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6801(h) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6801. Loss of property rights to Commonwealth.
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10 (h) Authorization to utilize property.--The district
11 attorney and the Attorney General shall utilize forfeited
12 property or proceeds thereof for the purpose of enforcing the
13 provisions of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
14 Cosmetic Act, 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses) and
15 75 Pa.C.S. (relating to vehicles). In appropriate cases, the
16 district attorney and the Attorney General may designate
17 proceeds from forfeited property to be utilized by community-
18 based drug and crime-fighting programs and for relocation and
1 protection of witnesses in criminal cases.
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3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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