(3) Is required to register under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9799.13
(relating to applicability).
(b) Certification.--The board may not certify a constable or
deputy constable under section 7144(9) (relating to program
established) who is disqualified under subsection (a).
(c) Criminal history check.--To comply with this section,
the board shall check criminal history record information under
18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91 (relating to criminal history record
information).
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "serious
misdemeanor" means a criminal offense for which an individual
may be sentenced to imprisonment for one year or more.
Section 2. Section 7149(b), (c) and (e) of Title 44 are
amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to
read:
§ 7149. Restricted account.
* * *
(b) Surcharge.--[There is] Except as provided in subsection
(b.1), there shall be assessed as a cost in each case before a
magisterial district judge a surcharge of [$5] $10 per docket
number in each criminal case and [$5] $10 per named defendant in
each civil case in which a constable or deputy constable
performs a service provided in Subchapter G (relating to
compensation), [except that no county shall be required to pay
this surcharge on behalf of any indigent or other defendant in a
criminal case.] the surcharge shall be assessed each time a
constable or a deputy constable performs a service on the
docket. Additionally, a surcharge of $10 shall be assessed for
any miscellaneous docket or domestic relations docket issued by
the court of common pleas in which a constable or deputy
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