THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, SCAVELLO, STERN, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, CARROLL, COHEN, CUTLER, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GROVE, HICKERNELL, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MILLARD, MILNE, PASHINSKI, SANTONI AND SCHRODER, MARCH 14, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

collection of restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and

penalties.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 9728(b)(1) and (2) of Title 42 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 9728.  Collection of restitution, reparation, fees, costs,

fines and penalties.

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(b)  Procedure.--

(1)  The county clerk of courts shall, upon sentencing,

pretrial disposition or other order, transmit to the

prothonotary certified copies of all judgments for

restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and penalties

which, in the aggregate, exceed [$1,000] $5,000, and it shall

be the duty of each prothonotary to enter and docket the same

of record in his office and to index the same as judgments

are indexed, without requiring the payment of costs as a

condition precedent to the entry thereof. This amount shall

be adjusted every three years in accordance with the local

urban workers consumer price index.

(2)  The clerk of courts, in consultation with other

appropriate governmental agencies, may transmit to the

prothonotary of the respective county certified copies of all

judgments for restitution, reparation, fees, costs, fines and

penalties which, in the aggregate, do not exceed [$1,000] the

threshold amount set forth in paragraph (1), and, if so

transmitted, it shall be the duty of each prothonotary to

enter and docket the same of record in his office and to

index the same as judgments are indexed, without requiring

the payment of costs as a condition precedent to the entry

thereof.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.