THE COURTS
Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS
[ 204 PA. CODE CH. 207 ]
Adjustment of Fines, Costs, Fees, and Other Remittances
[39 Pa.B. 7184]
[Saturday, December 26, 2009]By Order of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of October 14, 1988, Judicial Administration Docket No. 88, the Court Administrator has been delegated the authority under the Judicial Code, 42 Pa.C.S. § 3502(c)(3), to adjust, through regulation, the level of fines, costs, fees, and other remittances as otherwise fixed by law so as to facilitate the transmission of remittances through or by a financial intermediary.
In accordance therewith, the following regulation is hereby promulgated.
Filed in the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts on December 14, 2009.
ZYGMONT A. PINES,
Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
Annex A
TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS
CHAPTER 207. TRANSMITTING REMITTANCES § 207.3. Online Payment Convenience Fee—Adjustment of Fines, Costs, Fees, and Other Remittances.
(a) Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3502(c)(3), the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania hereby adjusts the level of fines, costs, fees, and other remittances by assessing a non-refundable $2.75 convenience fee for online credit/debit card payments of court costs, fines, fees, and restitution associated with pre-existing cases or those initiated within the Magisterial District Judge, Common Pleas, and Appellate Court Case Management Systems of the Pennsylvania Courts. Said amount shall be paid through a contracted financial intermediary and shall be added at the time of the payment.
(b) This regulation shall become effective January 1, 2010, and shall apply to all online credit/debit card payments initiated through the AOPC's UJS Portal made on or after this date on pre-existing cases or those initiated within the Magisterial District Judge, Common Pleas, and Appellate Court Case Management Systems of the Pennsylvania Courts.
Comment As part of an overall strategy to increase collections of fines, costs and restitution for the local and county court systems, the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts is working to develop an Internet-based web application that will permit the online payment of fines, costs and restitution for defendants. This Internet application will be hosted on the Pennsylvania Judiciary's web portal and be integrated with the Common Pleas Criminal Case Management System (CPCMS) and Magisterial District Judge System (MDJS) applications. By charging a per transaction convenience fee, the AOPC intends to provide this service at no cost to the counties.
A person interested in paying fees online will navigate to the Judiciary's web portal site (located at http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/), select the e-commerce link, search for his/her cases/payment plans at the MDJS and/or CPCMS levels of court. The payment amount must be entered along with the credit card information. The transaction will then be processed, sending the appropriate financial information to the court applications for review, selection and acceptance by the court staff. It is anticipated that this application will be expanded in the future to include the processing of filing fees for certain documents at the various levels of court.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-2361. Filed for public inspection December 24, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.