PRINTER'S NO. 3804

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2770 Session of 1996


        INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, CLARK, WOGAN, BOSCOLA, SCHULER, RAYMOND,
           TIGUE, DENT, FICHTER, DeLUCA, GEORGE, NAILOR, PETTIT,
           STABACK, LEVDANSKY, SAYLOR, HESS, LAWLESS, MARSICO, VANCE,
           ZUG, READSHAW, STERN, KENNEY, BAKER, FLICK, TRUE, MERRY, LEH,
           B. SMITH, CLYMER, SHANER, LYNCH, PESCI, FAIRCHILD, FARGO,
           J. TAYLOR, STISH, HASAY, BATTISTO, MARKOSEK, TRELLO, HERSHEY,
           WAUGH, CORRIGAN, EGOLF AND HASTE, JUNE 19, 1996

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 19, 1996

                                     AN ACT

     1  Requiring inmates to pay court filing fees.

     2     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     3  hereby enacts as follows:
     4  Section 1.  Filing fees.
     5     A State correctional institution or county correctional
     6  institution shall draw from the inmate's salary or the inmate's
     7  account, as much as practicable, any filing fee associated with
     8  a lawsuit filed by the inmate.
     9  Section 2.  Effective date.
    10     This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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