LEHIGH COUNTY Crime Victim's Compensation Fund, Victim Witness Services Fund; 39-AD-2-2016 [46 Pa.B. 989]
[Saturday, February 27, 2016]Administrative Order And Now this 4th day of February, 2016, it is Hereby Ordered, pursuant to Title, Section 11.1101, this Court Approves the increased assessment of the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund and Victim Witness Services Fund to a total of $100, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. This Cost shall be imposed at both the Magisterial District Courts and the Court of Common Pleas of this Judicial District notwithstanding any statutory provision to the contrary.
Pursuant to Title 18, Section 11.1101, Subsection (b), disposition of this assessment shall be as follows:
(1) Thirty-five dollars of the costs imposed where the accused pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, or was placed in a diversionary program, plus 30% of the costs imposed which exceed $60 (i.e. a total of $47) shall be paid into the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund, and
(2) Twenty-five dollars of the costs imposed where the accused pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, or was placed in a diversionary program, plus 70% of the costs imposed which exceed $60 (a total of $53) shall be paid into the Victim Witness Services Fund.
The costs paid under Subsection (b)(2) that exceed $60 shall be returned by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to the County of Lehigh for victim witness services.
It Is Ordered that this Administrative Order shall be effective thirty (30) days after publication thereof in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, and shall govern all matters then pending.
It Is Further Ordered that in accordance with Pa.R.Crim.P. 105, the District Court Administrator shall:
(a) File one (1) certified copy hereof with the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee;
(b) Distribute two (2) certified copies hereof to and (1) CD-Rom copy that complies with the requirement of Pa. Code § 13.11(b), with the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
(c) File one (1) certified copy hereof with the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts;
(d) Publish one (1) copy of this Order on the Unified Judicial System's web site at: http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/localrules/ruleselection.aspx;
(e) Supervise the distribution hereof to all Judges of this Court and the Magisterial District Judges of the County of Lehigh.
By the Court
EDWARD D. REIBMAN,
President Judge[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-318. Filed for public inspection February 26, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
