PRINTER'S NO. 801
No. 716 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY DALLY, BASTIAN, BEYER, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CARROLL, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, FREEMAN, GEIST,
GRELL, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, W. KELLER, KILLION,
KULA, MAHONEY, McILHATTAN, MILLARD, R. MILLER, MURT, O'NEILL,
REICHLEY, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SIPTROTH, STABACK, R. STEVENSON,
SWANGER, J. TAYLOR, TRUE, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MARCH 9, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 9, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for mandatory cost
3 and DNA Detection Fund.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 2322 and 2335 of Title 44 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 2322. Mandatory cost.
9 (a) Imposition.--Unless the court finds that undue hardship
10 would result, a mandatory cost of $250, which shall be in
11 addition to any other costs imposed pursuant to statutory
12 authority, shall automatically be assessed on any person
13 convicted, adjudicated delinquent or granted ARD for a felony
14 sex offense or other specified offense[, and]. Except as
15 provided in subsection (b), all proceeds derived from this
16 section shall be transmitted to the fund.
1 (b) Transmittal.--Whenever a county agency collects the DNA
2 sample required by this chapter, the first $200 received from
3 each person and credited toward satisfaction of the mandatory
4 cost shall be transmitted to the fund, and the final $50
5 received from each person shall be retained by the county and
6 used to reimburse the county agency which collected the sample
7 for costs associated with collecting the sample.
8 § 2335. DNA Detection Fund.
9 The DNA Detection Fund is reestablished in the State Treasury
10 as a restricted fund. All costs collected and required to be
11 transmitted to the fund under section 2322 (relating to
12 mandatory cost) shall be paid into the fund. All moneys in the
13 fund and the interest accruing thereon are hereby appropriated
14 to the Pennsylvania State Police on a continuing basis to carry
15 out the provisions of this chapter upon authorization of the
16 Governor for each fiscal year.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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