PRINTER'S NO. 1694
No. 1352 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BROOKS, CASORIO,
GIBBONS, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HORNAMAN, KIRKLAND, MANN,
PASHINSKI, READSHAW AND SCAVELLO, MAY 24, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 24, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 municipal corporation portion of fines.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3573 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 3573. Municipal corporation portion of fines, etc.
9 * * *
10 (c.1) Police services.--
11 (1) A municipal corporation shall be reimbursed for
12 eligible police services performed by the police department
13 of the municipal corporation by individuals who are convicted
14 of and sentenced for a felony.
15 (2) Rate of reimbursement for eligible police services
16 shall be set as follows:
17 (i) Actual mileage for travel by motor vehicle shall
18 be reimbursed at a rate equal to the highest rate allowed
1 by the Internal Revenue Service. If travel is by other
2 than motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be for actual
3 vouchered travel expenses. If more than one defendant is
4 transported simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for
5 actual miles traveled, and the travel cost shall be
6 divided between or among the defendants who are convicted
7 and sentenced.
8 (ii) Actual time for which the defendant is in
9 custody under the authority of the police department and
10 for attending an arraignment or court hearing for an
11 official purpose related to the prosecution of the
12 defendant shall be reimbursed at a rate of $13 per hour.
13 If more than one defendant is in custody for the same
14 incident simultaneously or if attendance is required at
15 an arraignment or court hearing for an official purpose
16 related to the prosecution of more than one defendant
17 simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for actual time,
18 and the cost shall be divided between or among the
19 defendants who are convicted and sentenced.
20 (3) As used in this section, "eligible police services"
21 shall mean time and mileage associated with:
22 (i) Taking a defendant into custody.
23 (ii) Transporting a defendant from where the
24 defendant is taken into custody to where the defendant is
25 transferred to another authority or released.
26 (iii) Attending an arraignment or court hearing for
27 an official purpose related to the prosecution of the
28 defendant.
29 * * *
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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