PRINTER'S NO. 561
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
562
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, MURT, GALLOWAY, SCHLOSSBERG, ULLMAN,
FREEMAN, KINSEY, HILL-EVANS, T. DAVIS, DAWKINS, BURGOS,
HARRIS, SCHWEYER, FRANKEL, SOLOMON, WARREN, DALEY AND
KENYATTA, FEBRUARY 20, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 75
(Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
sentencing, further providing for payment of court costs,
restitution and fines, for fine and for failure to pay fine;
in licensing of drivers, further providing for suspension of
operating privilege for failure to respond to citation; and,
in penalties and disposition of fines, further providing for
inability to pay fine and costs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 9730(b), 9758(b) and (c) and 9772 of
Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
to read:
§ 9730. Payment of court costs, restitution and fines.
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(b) Procedures regarding default.--
(1) If a defendant defaults in the payment of a fine,
court costs or restitution after imposition of sentence, the
issuing authority or a senior judge or senior magisterial
district judge appointed by the president judge for the
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