PRINTER'S NO. 2140
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1391
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, SCARNATI, COSTA, EICHELBERGER, McGARRIGLE,
RAFFERTY, MENSCH, FOLMER AND VULAKOVICH, OCTOBER 17, 2016
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 17, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of
offenders, providing for district attorney justice fee.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1111. District attorney justice fee.
(a) General rule.--Unless the court finds that undue
hardship would result, a mandatory fee equal to $20, which shall
be in addition to any other costs imposed by law, shall
automatically be assessed on any individual convicted of or
granted Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for or any
individual who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a violation
of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64) , known as The
Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, this title
or 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 38 (relating to driving after imbibing alcohol
or utilizing drugs).
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(b) District attorney justice fund.--The fee shall be
deposited into a special fund in each county to be known as the
district attorney justice fund. No more than 10% of the fee
collected may be retained by the county for its administrative
costs related to collecting the fee for deposit into the
county's district attorney justice fund. Ten percent of the fee
collected shall be used by the county to fund court operations.
(c) Primary use.--The funds in each county's district
attorney justice fund are appropriated on a continuing basis to
the county district attorney. The district attorney shall make
available money from the district attorney justice fund for law
enforcement agencies for the purpose of providing criminal
justice enhancements of local criminal justice system policies,
work processes and information sharing and distribution which
may include any of the following:
(1) Homeland security activities.
(2) Victim and witness services.
(3) Information sharing between law enforcement
agencies.
(4) Criminal justice process improvements.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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