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PRINTER'S NO. 1644
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1120
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, FARNESE, KILLION, K. WARD, J. WARD AND
REGAN, APRIL 17, 2020
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 17, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sentencing, further
providing for payment of court costs, restitution and fines.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 9730 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 9730. Payment of court costs, restitution and fines.
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(c) Judicial emergencies.--
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
during the time period of a judicial emergency declared under
Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, a law of this
Commonwealth, a rule of court or other judicial order by the
Supreme Court or any agency or unit of the unified judicial
system exercising a power or performing a duty in accordance
with section 1721 (relating to delegation of powers), the
failure to pay court costs, restitution or fines otherwise
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due during the declared judicial emergency shall not be
considered a default for the purposes of this section. A
defendant shall have an additional 30 days after the
expiration of the declared judicial emergency to pay court
costs, restitution or fines otherwise due. The failure to pay
court costs, restitution or fines otherwise due during the
additional 30-day period specified under this paragraph shall
be considered a default for the purposes of this section.
(2) This subsection shall apply to any judicial district
for which a judicial emergency is declared. If a Statewide
judicial emergency is declared, this subsection shall apply
to all judicial districts. This subsection shall be
retroactive to March 18, 2020.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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