THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, BARRAR, BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BOBACK, BOYD, CASORIO, DALEY, FLECK, GEIST, GIBBONS, HORNAMAN, MANN, MOUL, MURT, O'NEILL, READSHAW, SABATINA, SCAVELLO AND SIPTROTH, MARCH 4, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 4, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

municipal corporation portion of fines.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 3573 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 3573.  Municipal corporation portion of fines, etc.

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(c.1)  Police services.--

(1)  A municipal corporation shall be reimbursed for

eligible police services performed by the police department

of the municipal corporation by individuals who are convicted

of and sentenced for a felony.

(2)  Rate of reimbursement for eligible police services

shall be set as follows:

(i)  Actual mileage for travel by motor vehicle shall

be reimbursed at a rate equal to the highest rate allowed

by the Internal Revenue Service. If travel is by other

than motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be for actual

vouchered travel expenses. If more than one defendant is

transported simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for

actual miles traveled, and the travel cost shall be

divided between or among the defendants who are convicted

and sentenced.

(ii)  Actual time for which the defendant is in

custody under the authority of the police department and

for attending an arraignment or court hearing for an

official purpose related to the prosecution of the

defendant shall be reimbursed at a rate of $13 per hour.

If more than one defendant is in custody for the same

incident simultaneously or if attendance is required at

an arraignment or court hearing for an official purpose

related to the prosecution of more than one defendant

simultaneously, reimbursements shall be for actual time,

and the cost shall be divided between or among the

defendants who are convicted and sentenced.

(3)  As used in this section, "eligible police services"

shall mean time and mileage associated with:

(i)  Taking a defendant into custody.

(ii)  Transporting a defendant from where the

defendant is taken into custody to where the defendant is

transferred to another authority or released.

(iii)  Attending an arraignment or court hearing for

an official purpose related to the prosecution of the

defendant.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.