PRINTER'S NO. 4103
No. 2683 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PALLONE, BIANCUCCI, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CASORIO,
DeLUCA, DePASQUALE, FREEMAN, GEIST, GODSHALL, KOTIK, MAHONEY,
MANDERINO, MARSHALL, MOYER, RUBLEY, SANTONI, STURLA,
TANGRETTI, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 27, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 27, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 Commonwealth portion of fines.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3571(b)(2) of Title 42 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3571. Commonwealth portion of fines, etc.
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10 (b) Vehicle offenses.--
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12 (2) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (4), when
13 prosecution under any other provision of Title 75
14 (relating to vehicles) is the result of State Police
15 action, all fines, forfeited recognizances and other
16 forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited shall be payable
17 to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License
1 Fund. One-half of the revenue shall be paid to
2 municipalities as designated in subparagraph (ii) in the
3 same ratio provided in section 4 of the act of June 1,
4 1956 (P.L.1944, No.655), relating to partial allocation
5 of liquid fuels and fuel use tax proceeds.
6 (ii) Only municipalities having a population of less
7 than 10,000 according to the most recent Federal
8 decennial census or that provide local police services
9 through a municipal police department, participation in a
10 regional police department or contracts with other
11 municipal or regional police for police services may
12 receive revenue under subparagraph (i).
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14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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