PRINTER'S NO. 561
No. 502 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY LASHINGER, GODSHALL, NAHILL, HAGARTY, BUNT, REBER
AND CORNELL, FEBRUARY 27, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 27, 1985
AN ACT
1 Establishing the fees to be charged and collected by the clerk
2 of courts in second class A counties only.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Fees charged and collected.
6 The fees to be charged and collected by the clerks of courts
7 in second class A counties only shall be as follows:
8 (1) A fee of not less than $35, nor more than $150, for
9 all proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed
10 of at any time during or after trial.
11 (2) A fee of not less than $20, nor more than $125, for
12 all proceedings in all misdemeanor and felony cases disposed
13 of before trial.
14 (3) The fees referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
15 be set annually by the clerk of courts on or before January 1
16 of each year except in 1985 when they shall be set within 20
17 days and, when added to other fees charged, shall bear a
1 reasonable relationship to the sum sufficient to maintain and
2 operate the office of clerk of courts and that part of the
3 court administration's expenses attributed to those functions
4 required to process criminal actions as well as a reasonable
5 share of the cost of maintaining a public law library, which
6 cost shall be determined by the commissioners.
7 (4) A fee of $15 for all proceedings in summary matters.
8 (5) A fee of $5 for all certifications.
9 (6) A fee of $10 for all other matters filed in the
10 office and for all reports prepared by the clerk, except that
11 no fee shall be charged for filing township and borough audit
12 reports or transcripts received which indicate a final
13 disposition by the district justice.
14 (7) A fee of $25 for the filing of an appeal from a
15 summary conviction before a district justice.
16 (8) A fee of $30 for an appeal from the court of common
17 pleas to an appellate court.
18 (9) A fee of 3¢ per dollar for the first $1,000 and 1¢
19 per dollar for each additional $1,000, or fraction thereof,
20 for the handling of money paid into court.
21 Section 2. Repeal.
22 The act of June 18, 1982 (P.L.547, No.158), entitled "An act
23 establishing the fees to be charged and collected by the clerk
24 of courts in second, second class A, third, fourth, fifth,
25 sixth, seventh and eighth class counties and home rule
26 counties," is repealed insofar as it relates to second class A
27 counties only.
28 Section 3. Effective date.
29 This act shall take effect immediately.
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