PRINTER'S NO. 3318
No. 2255 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY CUTLER, BEYER, BOYD, FREEMAN, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, MACKERETH, MARSHALL, McILVAINE SMITH, MENSCH, PASHINSKI, PYLE, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR, STERN, TRUE, TURZAI, WALKO, J. TAYLOR AND GEIST, MARCH 6, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2008
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for courts. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 7 § 915. Drug courts. 8 (a) Establishment.--The court of common pleas of a judicial 9 district and the Municipal Court of Philadelphia may establish a 10 drug court as a special criminal docket whereby defendants are 11 admitted to a court-supervised individualized drug treatment 12 program. The court may adopt local rules for the administration 13 of the drug court and its related treatment services. The local 14 rules may not be inconsistent with this section or any rules 15 established by the Supreme Court. 16 (b) Statewide drug court coordinator.--The Supreme Court may 17 appoint a Statewide drug court coordinator. The Statewide drug
1 court coordinator may: 2 (1) Encourage and assist in the establishment of a drug 3 court in each judicial district. 4 (2) Identify sources of funding for drug courts and 5 their related treatment services, including the availability 6 of grants. 7 (3) Provide coordination and technical assistance for 8 grant applications. 9 (4) Develop model guidelines for the administration of 10 drug courts and their related treatment services. 11 (5) Establish procedures for monitoring drug courts and 12 their related treatment services and for evaluating the 13 effectiveness of drug courts and their related treatment 14 services. 15 (c) Advisory committee.--The Supreme Court may establish an 16 interdisciplinary and interbranch advisory committee to advise 17 and assist the Statewide drug court coordinator in monitoring 18 and administrating drug courts Statewide. 19 (d) Imposition of surcharge.--A defendant convicted of a 20 drug or alcohol-related offense in a judicial district in which 21 the court has established a drug court may be ordered by the 22 court to pay a surcharge of $25 which shall be collected in the 23 same manner as other court costs. In addition to any grants or 24 other money that may become available through public or private 25 sources, the money collected through this surcharge shall be 26 used by the county to fund the drug court and its related 27 treatment services. 28 (e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following 29 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this 30 subsection: 20080H2255B3318 - 2 -
1 "Drug or alcohol-related offense." A criminal offense that 2 the court determines was motivated by the defendant's 3 consumption of or addiction to alcohol or a controlled 4 substance, counterfeit, designer drug, drug, immediate precursor 5 or marihuana, as those terms are defined in the act of April 14, 6 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, 7 Device and Cosmetic Act. 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. B14L42MSP/20080H2255B3318 - 3 -