Pennsylvania Act 2000-36 — JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                  Act of Jun. 22, 2000, P.L. 333, No. 36              Cl. 42
                             Session of 2000
                               No. 2000-36

     HB 1635

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
        Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, authorizing clerks of
        courts of common pleas to increase certain fees and to impose
        automation fees.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
      § 1725.4.  Fee increases and automation fee.
        (a)  Increasing existing fees.--
            (1)  In counties of the second class A and the third
        through eighth class, including home rule counties of the
        same class, the clerk of courts may increase any fee or
        charge that exists as of the effective date of this section
        with the approval of the president judge. The amount of any
        increase may not be greater than the aggregate of the
        consumer price index from the month in which the fee was last
        established through June 1998.
            (2)  The amount of any fee or charge increased pursuant
        to paragraph (1) may be increased every three years, provided
        that the amount of the increase may not be greater than the
        percentage of increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban
        Workers for the immediate three years preceding the last
        increase in the fee or charge.
        (b)  Automation fee for clerk of courts office.--In addition
     to any other fee authorized by law, an automation fee of not
     more than $5 may be charged and collected by the clerk of courts
     of counties of the second class A and the third through eighth
     class, including home rule counties of the same class, for the
     initiation of any action or legal proceeding. The automation fee
     shall be deposited into a special clerk of courts automation
     fund established in each county. Moneys in the special fund
     shall be used solely for the purpose of automation and continued
     automation update of the office of the clerk of courts.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 22nd day of June, A. D. 2000.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE