PRINTER'S NO. 1208
No. 1065 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY JADLOWIEC, RITTER, HAGARTY, BLAUM, TRICH, JAROLIN,
PICCOLA, VEON, KOSINSKI, WOGAN, JOSEPHS, KRUSZEWSKI, HECKLER,
RUDY, HAYDEN, STURLA, CAPPABIANCA, LAUGHLIN, CORRIGAN,
ULIANA, DeLUCA, MELIO, MUNDY, PESCI, ITKIN, DeWEESE, ROEBUCK,
NAHILL, HUGHES, TANGRETTI, FARMER, HERMAN, SCRIMENTI, LUCYK,
PERZEL, GODSHALL, BELARDI, SCHEETZ, E. Z. TAYLOR,
D. W. SNYDER, ARGALL, HALUSKA, BUNT, GIGLIOTTI, FREEMAN,
PISTELLA, SEMMEL, FOX, CIVERA, HANNA, TELEK, VAN HORNE,
CAWLEY, BATTISTO, TRELLO, STEELMAN, FAIRCHILD, NAILOR,
JOHNSON, G. SNYDER, ANGSTADT, HARLEY, EVANS, NOYE AND HARPER,
APRIL 9, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 9, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the imposition of civil
3 penalties upon defendants found in contempt; and providing
4 for the use of these penalties.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 6114 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 6114. Contempt for violation of order or agreement.
10 * * *
11 (c) Civil penalty.--In addition to the penalties provided
12 for in this section, a defendant found in indirect criminal
13 contempt for violation of a protection order issued under this
14 chapter, or a court-approved consent agreement, shall be subject
1 to a civil penalty payable to the Commonwealth in the amount of
2 $50 for the first finding of contempt, which penalty shall be
3 increased to $100 for the second finding of contempt and $200
4 for the third or any subsequent finding of contempt. These
5 penalties shall be deposited by the State Treasurer in a
6 separate account, which is hereby established, with the
7 expectation that the General Assembly may from time to time
8 appropriate funds from this account for the provision of civil
9 legal representation and legal advocacy for victims who seek
10 relief under this chapter.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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