PRINTER'S NO. 406
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
369
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, FRANKEL, JAMES, THOMAS,
D. COSTA, WATSON, DeLUCA, BARBIN AND ROZZI, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in governance of the
system, further providing for criminal laboratory user fee.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1725.3(b) and (c) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 1725.3. Criminal laboratory user fee.
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(b) Amount of user fee.--
(1) The director or similar officer of the county
laboratory that has provided services in the prosecution
shall determine the actual cost of the laboratory services
provided in the prosecution and transmit a statement for
services rendered to the court.
(2) If a Pennsylvania State Police or Office of Attorney
General laboratory has provided services in the prosecution,
the director or similar officer of the Pennsylvania State
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Police or Office of Attorney General laboratory shall
determine the actual cost of the laboratory services provided
in the prosecution and transmit a statement for services
rendered to the court.
(c) Disposition of fees.--
(1) The criminal laboratory user fee for criminal
laboratory services provided by a county shall be paid to the
county and shall be used solely for operation and maintenance
of the county laboratory. The criminal laboratory user fee
for criminal laboratory services provided by the Pennsylvania
State Police laboratory shall be paid into the Criminal
Laboratory User Fee Fund created under paragraph (2)[.](i).
The criminal laboratory user fee for criminal laboratory
services provided by the Office of Attorney General shall be
paid into the Forensic Analysis Reimbursement Fund created
under paragraph (2)(ii).
(2) (i) A special nonlapsing fund of the State Treasury
is hereby established and shall be known as the Criminal
Laboratory User Fee Fund. Money in the Criminal
Laboratory User Fee Fund is hereby appropriated to the
Pennsylvania State Police and shall be used solely for
operation and maintenance of Pennsylvania State Police
criminal laboratories.
(ii) A special nonlapsing fund of the State is
hereby established and shall be known as the Forensic
Analysis Reimbursement Fund. Money in the Forensic
Analysis Reimbursement Fund is hereby appropriated to the
Office of Attorney General and shall be used solely for
the operation and maintenance of Office of Attorney
General criminal laboratories.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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