SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 922, 2008 PRINTER'S NO. 2860
No. 825 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY SWEET, HAGARTY, RAPPAPORT, LASHINGER, COY,
O'DONNELL, MANDERINO, EVANS, MAIALE, HOEFFEL, WOGAN, KASUNIC,
BURD, KUKOVICH, FATTAH, D. R. WRIGHT, WOZNIAK, BELFANTI,
TRUMAN, WACHOB, CALTAGIRONE, GALLAGHER, WAMBACH, PISTELLA,
KOSINSKI, RYBAK, KOWALYSHYN, MRKONIC, PHILLIPS, MORRIS,
CAWLEY, TIGUE, MICHLOVIC, GEIST, PRATT, CIMINI, JOHNSON,
DeLUCA, COLAFELLA, VAN HORNE, OLASZ, EVANS, LINTON, WIGGINS,
CARN, OLIVER, HARPER, BARBER, LESCOVITZ, DOMBROWSKI, DALEY,
F. TAYLOR, DAWIDA, McVERRY, REBER, PICCOLA, BLAUM, MAYERNIK,
SPENCER AND CORDISCO, APRIL 18, 1983
SENATOR SNYDER, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, MAY 1, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
3 crime victims' compensation fund.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1725.3. Mandatory costs.
9 Any person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or who is
10 convicted of any crime, as defined in section 477 of the act of
11 April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative
12 Code of 1929, shall be sentenced to pay costs of AT LEAST $15 of <--
13 which $10 shall be paid into a special nonlapsing fund, which is
14 hereby established, for use by the Crime Victim's Compensation
1 Board for payment to victims and of which $5 shall be paid into
2 a special nonlapsing fund, which is hereby established, for use
3 by the Commission on Crime and Delinquency for reimbursement to <--
4 counties for victim-witness services GRANTS in accordance with <--
5 the act of (P.L. , No. ), known as the Crime
6 Victim's Bill of Rights. This cost shall be imposed
7 notwithstanding any other provision of this title or other
8 statute to the contrary.
9 Section 2. The district attorney, the Crime Victim's
10 Compensation Board or any victim of a crime (as defined in
11 section 477.1 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
12 known as The Administrative Code of 1929), shall have standing
13 to seek a mandamus order requiring the county to collect the
14 costs imposed by this section.
15 Section 3. Section 3571(d) of Title 42 is repealed INSOFAR <--
16 AS IT IMPOSES COSTS IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS PROVIDED FOR IN
17 SECTION 1725.3.
18 Section 4. This act shall apply to crimes committed after
19 the effective date.
20 Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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