PRINTER'S NO. 275
No. 247 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, MOEHLMANN, LETTERMAN, PETRONE,
KASUNIC, JOSEPHS, BELFANTI, HECKLER, GRUITZA, McCALL,
STABACK, BILLOW, CARLSON, HASAY, HAGARTY, BORTNER, JAROLIN,
DISTLER, ROBBINS, WASS, TRELLO, DeWEESE, MARKOSEK, MERRY,
CESSAR, FOSTER, B. SMITH, STAIRS, G. SNYDER, DORR, PHILLIPS,
WOZNIAK, BOWLEY AND SCHEETZ, FEBRUARY 6, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 6, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 deposits into the Judicial Computer System Augmentation
4 Account; and making refunds.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 3733(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 3733. Deposits into account.
10 (a) General rule.--Beginning July 1, 1987, and thereafter,
11 the total of all fines, fees and costs collected by any division
12 of the unified judicial system which are in excess of the amount
13 collected from such sources in the fiscal year 1986-1987 shall
14 be deposited in the Judicial Computer System Augmentation
15 Account. Any fines, fees or costs which are allocated by law or
16 otherwise directed to the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, to the
17 Pennsylvania Game Commission or to counties and municipalities,
1 to the Crime Victim's Compensation Board, to the Commission on
2 Crime and Delinquency for victim-witness services grants under
3 section 477.15(c) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
4 known as The Administrative Code of 1929, to rape crisis
5 centers, to the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund or to
6 domestic violence shelters shall not be affected by this
7 subchapter.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. Any fines, fees or costs collected under section
10 3(a) of the act of July 13, 1987 (P.L.340, No.64), entitled "An
11 act providing for the establishment, funding and operation of a
12 special restricted receipt account within the General Fund to
13 support the establishment and operation of a Statewide judicial
14 computer system; providing for annual appropriations from the
15 restricted funds; and providing for the payment of a portion of
16 all fines, fees and costs collected by the judiciary into the
17 restricted receipt account," or under 42 Pa.C.S. § 3733
18 (relating to deposits into account) which cannot be collected
19 under 42 Pa.C.S. § 3733 because of this amendatory act shall be
20 refunded to the affected boards, agencies, commissions or
21 political subdivisions.
22 Section 3. Section 1 (section 3733(a)) shall be retroactive
23 to July 1, 1987.
24 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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