PRINTER'S NO. 461
No. 439 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, BELL, HOLL AND RHOADES,
FEBRUARY 11, 1997
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 11, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for child-care
3 facilities at county judicial centers or courthouses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3721 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 3721. County judicial center or courthouse.
9 * * *
10 (c) Child-care facilities.--
11 (1) A county judicial center or courthouse may provide a
12 child-care facility for use by children whose parents or
13 guardians are at the county judicial center or courthouse for
14 a court appearance. The child-care facility shall be located
15 within or easily accessible to the county judicial center or
16 courthouse. If the facilities of the county judicial center
17 are located at multiple sites, each site may provide a child-
18 care facility.
1 (2) If a child-care facility is provided under paragraph
2 (1):
3 (i) In addition to any other court cost or filing
4 fee authorized to be collected by law, an additional fee
5 of $5 shall be charged and collected by the prothonotary,
6 clerk of orphans' court and register of wills of the
7 county or by any official designated to perform the
8 functions thereof for the initiation of any civil action
9 or legal proceeding.
10 (ii) In addition to any other court cost or filing
11 fee authorized to be collected by law, an additional fee
12 of $5 shall be charged and collected by the clerk of
13 courts of the county or by any official designated to
14 perform the functions thereof for the initiation of any
15 criminal proceeding for which a fee, charge or cost is
16 now authorized and a conviction is obtained or guilty
17 plea is entered.
18 (3) The additional fees collected under paragraph (2)
19 shall be deposited into a segregated fund established by the
20 county for the purposes of providing for the start-up and
21 daily operating costs, excluding capital costs, of a child-
22 care facility under this section.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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