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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, SOLOBAY, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER AND ALLOWAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, imposing a district attorney justice |
3 | fee for convictions. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 1111. District attorney justice fee. |
9 | (a) General rule.--Unless the court finds that undue |
10 | hardship would result, a mandatory fee equal to $20, which shall |
11 | be in addition to any other costs imposed by law, shall |
12 | automatically be assessed on any individual convicted of or |
13 | granted Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for or any |
14 | individual who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a violation |
15 | of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The |
16 | Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, this title |
17 | or 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 38 (relating to driving after imbibing alcohol |
18 | or utilizing drugs). |
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1 | (b) District attorney justice fund.--The fee shall be |
2 | deposited into a special fund in each county to be known as the |
3 | district attorney justice fund. No more than 10% of the fee |
4 | collected may be retained by the county for its administrative |
5 | costs related to collecting the fee for deposit into the |
6 | county's district attorney justice fund. Ten percent of the fee |
7 | collected shall be used by the county to fund court operations. |
8 | (c) Primary use.--The funds in each county's district |
9 | attorney justice fund are appropriated on a continuing basis to |
10 | the county district attorney. The district attorney shall make |
11 | available moneys from the district attorney justice fund for law |
12 | enforcement agencies for the purpose of providing criminal |
13 | justice enhancements of local criminal justice system policies, |
14 | work processes and information sharing and distribution which |
15 | may include any of the following: |
16 | (1) Homeland security activities. |
17 | (2) Victim and witness services. |
18 | (3) Information sharing between law enforcement |
19 | agencies. |
20 | (4) Criminal justice process improvements. |
21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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