PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 443 PRINTER'S NO. 1170
No. 411 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE AND REBER, FEBRUARY 10, 1993
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 29, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of February 9, 1984 (P.L.3, No.2), entitled "An
2 act providing for the education and training of deputy
3 sheriffs; creating the Deputy Sheriffs' Education and
4 Training Board under the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
5 Delinquency; providing for the powers and duties of the board
6 and the Attorney General; establishing the Deputy Sheriffs'
7 Education and Training Account; providing for a surcharge on
8 sheriffs' fees; and providing penalties," further providing
9 for the Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Account.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Section 8 of the act of February 9, 1984 (P.L.3,
13 No.2), known as the Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Act,
14 is amended by adding a subsection to read:
15 Section 8. Deputy Sheriffs' Education and Training Account.
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17 (b.1) Surcharge in counties of first class.--In counties of
18 the first class, a $2.25 surcharge shall be collected by the
19 prothonotary of that county for each defendant named in a
20 document filed to commence an action pursuant to Pa.R.C.P.
1 No.1007, except when service is made by a competent adult in the
2 actions listed in Pa.R.C.P. Nos.400(b) and 400.1(c). Ten percent
3 of the surcharge shall be retained by the prothonotary to cover
4 administrative costs incurred by collecting the surcharge and to
5 support any technology and automation improvements or upgrades
6 for the prothonotary, and $2 THE BALANCE shall be transmitted <--
7 semiannually to the State Treasurer for deposit into the
8 account.
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10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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