PRINTER'S NO. 1694
No. 1352 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BROOKS, CASORIO, GIBBONS, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HORNAMAN, KIRKLAND, MANN, PASHINSKI, READSHAW AND SCAVELLO, MAY 24, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 24, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for 3 municipal corporation portion of fines. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 3573 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: 8 § 3573. Municipal corporation portion of fines, etc. 9 * * * 10 (c.1) Police services.-- 11 (1) A municipal corporation shall be reimbursed for 12 eligible police services performed by the police department 13 of the municipal corporation by individuals who are convicted 14 of and sentenced for a felony. 15 (2) Rate of reimbursement for eligible police services 16 shall be set as follows: 17 (i) Actual mileage for travel by motor vehicle shall 18 be reimbursed at a rate equal to the highest rate allowed
1 by the Internal Revenue Service. If travel is by other 2 than motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be for actual 3 vouchered travel expenses. If more than one defendant is 4 transported simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for 5 actual miles traveled, and the travel cost shall be 6 divided between or among the defendants who are convicted 7 and sentenced. 8 (ii) Actual time for which the defendant is in 9 custody under the authority of the police department and 10 for attending an arraignment or court hearing for an 11 official purpose related to the prosecution of the 12 defendant shall be reimbursed at a rate of $13 per hour. 13 If more than one defendant is in custody for the same 14 incident simultaneously or if attendance is required at 15 an arraignment or court hearing for an official purpose 16 related to the prosecution of more than one defendant 17 simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for actual time, 18 and the cost shall be divided between or among the 19 defendants who are convicted and sentenced. 20 (3) As used in this section, "eligible police services" 21 shall mean time and mileage associated with: 22 (i) Taking a defendant into custody. 23 (ii) Transporting a defendant from where the 24 defendant is taken into custody to where the defendant is 25 transferred to another authority or released. 26 (iii) Attending an arraignment or court hearing for 27 an official purpose related to the prosecution of the 28 defendant. 29 * * * 30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. D11L42RLE/20070H1352B1694 - 2 -