Pennsylvania Code › Title 204 - JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part II - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 29 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › Subchapter K - COSTS, FINES AND FEES › Section 29.403 - 42 Pa.C.S. Section 3571

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 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.