§ 3733. Deposits into account
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 42 Pa.C.S.A. Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureEffective: December 8, 2009
Effective: December 8, 2009
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3733
§ 3733. Deposits into account
(1) Beginning July 1, 1987, and thereafter, the total of all fines, fees and costs collected by any division of the unified judicial system which are in excess of the amount collected from such sources in the fiscal year 1986-1987 shall be deposited in the Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account. Any fines, fees or costs which are allocated by law or otherwise directed to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, to the Pennsylvania Game Commission or to counties and municipalities, to the Crime Victim's Compensation Board, to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency for victim-witness services grants under section 477.15(c) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175),1 known as The Administrative Code of 1929, to rape crisis centers, to the Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund or to domestic violence shelters shall not be affected by this subchapter.
(a.1) Additional fees.--2
(iii) An additional fee of $10 shall be charged by the clerks of courts of all courts of common pleas, or by any officials designated to perform the functions thereof, for the initiation of any criminal proceeding for which a fee, charge or cost is now authorized and a conviction is obtained or guilty plea is entered. The additional fee under this subparagraph shall also be charged and collected when a defendant is granted entry into Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition or any other pretrial diversionary program.
(iv) An additional fee of $10 shall be charged and collected by the minor judiciary, including magisterial district judges, Philadelphia Municipal Court, Philadelphia Traffic Court and Pittsburgh Municipal Court, for the initiation of a legal proceeding for which a fee or cost is now authorized, except that in criminal, summary and traffic matters the fee shall be charged only when a conviction is obtained or guilty plea is entered. The additional fee under this subparagraph shall also be charged and collected when a defendant is granted entry into Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition or any other pretrial diversionary program.
(v) An additional fee of $10 shall be charged and collected by the recorders of deeds and clerks of court, or by any officials designated to perform similar functions, for each filing of a deed, mortgage or property transfer for which a fee, charge or cost is now authorized. The Supreme Court shall designate by financial regulations which filings meet the criteria of this subparagraph.
Credits
1988, June 30, P.L. 464, No. 79, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 1990, June 29, P.L. 257, No. 59, § 1, imd. effective; 1992, March 19, P.L. 18, No. 7, § 3, imd. effective; 1996, July 11, P.L. 607, No. 104, § 3, imd. effective; 1997, June 25, P.L. 321, No. 32, § 1, effective July 1, 1997; 1999, Oct. 12, P.L. 420, No. 38, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2002, Oct. 2, P.L. 841, No. 122, § 1, effective Nov. 1, 2002; 2004, Nov. 30, P.L. 1618, No. 207, § 16, effective Jan. 31, 2005; 2009, Oct. 9, P.L. 494, No. 49, § 1.1, effective in 60 days [Dec. 8, 2009].
Footnotes
71 P.S. § 180-7.15(c) (repealed); see now, 18 P.S. § 11.1101.
See 204 Pa. Code § 29.351 for fee amounts as promulgated by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3733, PA ST 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3733
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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