obligation, be used to pay restitution to victims. Any remaining
moneys shall be used to pay fees, costs, fines, penalties and
other court-ordered obligations.
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Section 6. Section 9730 of Title 42, amended December 18,
2019 (P.L.776, No.115), is amended to read:
§ 9730. [Payment of court costs, restitution and fines.
(a) Method of payment.--The treasurer of each county may
allow the use of credit cards and bank cards in the payment of
court costs, restitution and fines and may provide for automatic
periodic deductions from a bank account, subject to the
agreement of the owner of the account.
(a.1) Wage attachment.--A court may, at sentencing, assign
an amount not greater than 25% of the defendant's gross salary,
wages or other earnings to be used for the payment of court
costs, restitution or fines.
(b) Procedures regarding default.--
(1) If a defendant defaults in the payment of court
costs, restitution or fines after imposition of sentence, the
issuing authority or a senior judge or senior magisterial
district judge appointed by the president judge for the
purposes of this section may conduct a hearing to determine
whether the defendant is financially able to pay.
(2) If the issuing authority, senior judge or senior
magisterial district judge determines that the defendant is
financially able to pay the costs, restitution or fine, the
issuing authority, senior judge or senior magisterial
district judge may enter an order for wage attachment, turn
the delinquent account over to a private collection agency or
impose imprisonment for nonpayment, as provided by law.
(3) If the issuing authority, senior judge or senior
magisterial district judge determines that the defendant is
without the financial means to pay the costs, restitution or
fine immediately or in a single remittance, the issuing
authority, senior judge or senior magisterial district judge
may provide for payment in installments. In determining the
appropriate installments, the issuing authority, senior judge
or senior magisterial district judge shall consider the
defendant's financial resources, the defendant's ability to
make restitution and reparations and the nature of the burden
the payment will impose on the defendant. If the defendant is
in default of a payment or advises the issuing authority,
senior judge or senior magisterial district judge that
default is imminent, the issuing authority, senior judge or
senior magisterial district judge may schedule a rehearing on
the payment schedule. At the rehearing the defendant has the
burden of proving changes of financial condition such that
the defendant is without the means to meet the payment
schedule. The issuing authority, senior judge or senior
magisterial district judge may extend or accelerate the
schedule, leave it unaltered or sentence the defendant to a
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