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PRINTER'S NO. 2311
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2011
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY SILVIS, COOK, N. NELSON, RADER AND SMITH,
OCTOBER 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in penalties and disposition of fines, providing
for booting fee and establishing the Municipal Police
Technology Fund.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 6508. Booting fee.
(a) Requirement.--A municipality that adopts a booting
ordinance shall, in addition to a fine or fee assessed under the
booting ordinance, assess on a registered vehicle owner whose
motor vehicle is immobilized under the booting ordinance an
additional fee of $25 to be paid prior to the removal of the
device or mechanism immobilizing the motor vehicle.
(b) Deposit.--The municipality shall collect the fee
required under subsection (a) and remit the fee to the State
Treasury for deposit in the fund established in subsection (c).
(c) Municipal Police Technology Fund.--The Municipal Police
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Technology Fund is established within the State Treasury. Money
in the fund is appropriated on a continuing basis to the
commission for the purpose of issuing technology grants to
eligible police departments. The commission shall develop a
uniform application process and regulations to administer the
grant program.
(d) Suspension of funds.--
(1) If a court of competent jurisdiction determines and
notifies the department that a municipality has failed to
comply with the requirements of subsection (a) or (b),
commencing 40 days following entry of a final order, unless
an appeal has been timely filed with a court of record, the
following sanctions apply until the municipality complies
with subsections (a) and (b):
(i) Suspension of unobligated capital expenditures
for bridges and highways in the municipality.
(ii) Suspension of allocation to the municipality
under the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655),
referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation
Law.
(iii) Suspension of allocation and apportionment to
the municipality under section 9010(c) (relating to
disposition and use of tax).
(iv) Suspension of expenditures from the special
fund into which allocations under the Liquid Fuels Tax
Municipal Allocation Law are deposited for work in the
municipality, unless a contract for the work that is the
subject of the expenditure has been fully executed or the
moneys have been otherwise obligated.
(2) Upon notification that a municipality is compliant
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with subsections (a) and (b), the department shall
immediately end all sanctions against the municipality and
return all suspended funds to the municipality.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Booting ordinance." A municipal ordinance that enforces the
payment of unpaid fines from parking or traffic violations
through the act of immobilizing a motor vehicle by use of a
device or mechanism that causes no harm or damage to the motor
vehicle.
"Commission." The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
Delinquency.
"Eligible police department." A municipal or regional police
department that:
(1) is authorized by one or more townships, boroughs or
incorporated towns;
(2) provides patrol and investigative services; and
(3) reports its activities monthly to the Pennsylvania
State Police in accordance with the Uniform Crime Reporting
System.
"Technology grant." An award of money by the commission to
an eligible police department to be used for the purchase of any
of the following:
(1) Telecommunication devices and technologies.
(2) Body cameras.
(3) Associated hardware, software and devices necessary
for the operation of the equipment contained in paragraphs
(1) and (2).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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