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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 15, 2013 02:27 PM |
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| From: | Representative William C. Kortz, II |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship Request – Requiring Convicted Felons to Reimburse Municipalities for Police Services (Former HB 714 of 2009) |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation that would amend Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) by requiring convicted felons to reimburse municipalities for costs related to the services performed by police departments. More specifically, local governments will be compensated for the time and mileage associated with taking a defendant into custody, transporting a defendant, or attending arraignments and court hearings for the prosecution of a defendant. Costs for mileage will be reimbursed at a rate equal to the highest rate allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, and costs for an officer’s time will be reimbursed at a rate of $13 per hour. Crimes place an enormous financial burden on our ever-shrinking community resources. Criminals must be held accountable and repay our municipalities for the monetary costs that are incurred to combat their illegal behaviors. My proposal will put this requirement in place. Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation. Previous co-sponsors of former HB 714 of 2009: KORTZ , BARRAR , BENNINGHOFF , BEYER , BOBACK , BOYD , CASORIO , DALEY , FLECK , GEIST , GIBBONS , HORNAMAN , MANN , MOUL , MURT , O'NEILL , READSHAW , SABATINA , SCAVELLO and SIPTROTH |
Introduced as HB1269