PRINTER'S NO. 421
No. 401 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WONDERLING, O'PAKE, MOWERY, WOZNIAK AND
RAFFERTY, MARCH 5, 2003
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 5, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 municipal police serving process and enforcing orders.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Chapter 29 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
8 SUBCHAPTER D
9 MUNICIPAL POLICE
10 Sec.
11 2961. Municipal police.
12 § 2961. Municipal police.
13 (a) Fee.--If a municipal police officer executes one or more
14 warrants or effectuates the payment of fines and costs by
15 attempting to execute one or more warrants, the fee for such
16 service shall be $35 per defendant.
17 (b) Payment.--The fee shall be borne by the defendant. The
18 fee shall be collected as provided by law for court costs. Once
1 collected, the fee shall be remitted to the municipality which
2 provided the service or to the Commonwealth if no municipal
3 police department exists for the municipality.
4 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
5 "municipal police officer" shall include the Pennsylvania State
6 Police where no municipal police department exists.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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