Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
In calendar year 2024, Commonwealth portion of fines,
etc.
(a)
General rule
Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Commonwealth shall be entitled to
receive all fines, forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed, lost
or forfeited, fees and costs which by law have heretofore been paid or credited
to, or which by statute are payable or creditable to, the Commonwealth. Fees
and charges in an appellate court fixed pursuant to section 1725 (relating to
establishment of fees and charges) shall be paid into the State Treasury.
Unless otherwise expressly provided by the General Appropriation Act, such fees
and charges shall be credited to the appropriation of the appellate court in
which they were received.
(b)
Vehicle offenses
(1) All fines,
forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited in
connection with matters arising under Chapter 77 of Title 75 (relating to
snowmobiles) shall unless otherwise provided in Chapter 77 of Title 75 be
payable to the Commonwealth.
(2)
Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), when prosecution under any other
provision of Title 75 (relating to vehicles) is the result of State Police
action, all of the following apply:
(i) All
fines, forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited
shall be payable to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License Fund.
One-half of the revenue shall be paid to municipalities as designated in
subparagraph (ii) in the same ratio provided in section 4 of the act of June 1,
1956 (1955 P.L.
1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax
Municipal Allocation Law.
(ii)
Distribution of revenue is as follows:
(A) Only
a municipality that has a population of not more than 3,000 or that provides at
least 40 hours per week of local police services through a municipal police
department, participation in a regional police department or contracts with
other municipal or regional police for police services may receive revenue
under subparagraph (i).
(B) Revenue that
is not paid to municipalities under clause (A) shall be transferred to the
Pennsylvania State Police for cadet classes.
(3) Except as provided in section 3573
(relating to municipal corporation portion of fines, etc.), when prosecution
under any other provision of Title 75 is the result of local police action,
one-half of all fines, forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed,
lost or forfeited shall be payable to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor
License Fund.
(4) When prosecution
under
75
Pa.C.S. §
3802 (relating to driving under
influence of alcohol or controlled substance) is the result of State Police
action, 50% of all fines, forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures
imposed, lost or forfeited shall be payable to the Commonwealth, for credit to
the Motor License Fund, and 50% shall be payable to the county which shall be
further divided as follows:
(i) Fifty percent
of the moneys received shall be allocated to the appropriate county authority
which implements the county drug and alcohol program to be used solely for the
purposes of aiding programs promoting drug abuse and alcoholism prevention,
education, treatment and research.
(ii) Fifty percent of the moneys received
shall be used for expenditures incurred for county jails, prisons, workhouses
and detention centers.
(5) When
prosecution under any other provision of Title 75 is the result of State Police
action on an interstate highway, as defined in
75 Pa.C.S. §
102 (relating to definitions), all fines,
forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed, lost or forfeited shall
be payable to the Commonwealth, for credit to the Motor License Fund.
(c)
Costs in magisterial
district judge proceedings.
(1)
Costs collected by a magisterial district judge shall be transmitted monthly to
the Commonwealth in amounts as prescribed in subsection (b) and the balance
shall be transmitted monthly to the county in which the magisterial district is
located. Costs transmitted to the Commonwealth shall be credited to the General
Fund. Costs transmitted to the county shall be retained by the county for its
use.
(2) Amounts payable to the
Commonwealth:
(i) Summary conviction, except
motor vehicle cases .......................................... $21.60
(ii) Summary conviction, motor vehicle cases
other than subparagraph (iii) ................... $21.60
(iii) Summary conviction, motor vehicle
cases, hearing demanded .............................. $21.60
(iv) Misdemeanor ............................
$28.00
(v) Felony
................................... $43.20
(vi) Assumpsit or trespass involving:
(A) $500 or less
.............................. $27.10
(B) More than $500 but not more than $2,000
......................................... $43.20
(C) More than $2,000 but not more than $4,000
......................................... $64.80
(D) Between $4,001 and $12,000 .............
$107.65
(vii)
Landlord-tenant proceeding involving:
(A)
$2,000 or less ............................ $43.10
(B) More than $2,000 but not more than $4,000
......................................... $53.90
(C) More than $4,000 but not more than
$12,000 ........................................ $75.35
(viii) Objection to levy
......................... $11.00
(ix) Order of execution
....................... $32.35
(x)
Issuing a search warrant (except as provided in section
1725.1(d)
(relating to costs)) . . $15.40
(xi) Order of possession
...................... $15.00
(xii)
Custody cases (except as provided in section 1725(c)(2)(v))
.......................... $8.00
(3) In all cases where costs are borne by the
county pursuant to section
1725.2 (relating to assumption of
summary conviction costs by county), no share of such costs shall be payable to
the Commonwealth.
(4) Except as
provided in paragraph (5), beginning on January 1, 1994, and each January 1
thereafter, the costs under paragraph (2) shall be increased by the percentage
of increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for the immediate
preceding calendar year which shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin
annually by the Supreme Court on or before the preceding November 30. This
paragraph shall expire January 1, 2025.
(5) For the cost increase to be effective for
calendar year 2002 only, the costs under paragraph (2) shall be increased by
the percentage of increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers for
calendar year 2000 which shall be published by the Supreme Court in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin as soon as possible after enactment. The increase for
calendar year 2002 only shall be effective one month after publication in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin.
(d)
Victims compensation fund
Where any person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is convicted of any
crime as defined in section 477 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No.
175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," $10 at least of the cost
imposed except costs borne by a political subdivision shall be paid into the
General Fund.
(e)
Other
offenses Fines, forfeited recognizances and other forfeitures imposed,
lost or forfeited under the following provisions of law shall be payable to the
Commonwealth:
18 Pa.C.S. §
7361 (relating to worldly employment or
business).
Act of December 1, 1965 (P.L. 988, No. 368), known as the
Weights and Measures Act of 1965, when the proceeding is instituted by an agent
or employee of the Department of Agriculture.
Act of November 26, 1978 (P.L. 1375, No. 325), known as the
Dam Safety and Encroachments Act.
Ellipses refer to the text of
42 Pa.C.S. §
3571.
