PRINTER'S NO. 395
No. 386 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WAUGH, HOLL AND LEMMOND,
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 11, 1999
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 present at the county judicial center or
14 courthouse for a court appearance. The child-care facility
15 must be located within or easily accessible to the county
16 judicial center or courthouse. If the facilities of the
17 county judicial center are located at multiple sites, each
18 site may provide a child-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
16 authorized on the effective date of this subsection and
17 for which a conviction is obtained or guilty plea is
18 entered.
19 (3) The additional fees collected under paragraph (2)
20 shall be deposited into a segregated fund established by the
21 county for the purposes of providing for the start-up and
22 daily operating costs, excluding capital costs, of a child-
23 care facility under this section.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 90 days.
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