Pennsylvania Act 1993-69 — REGISTER OF WILLS FEE LAW - AMEND MODIFICATION OF FEES

Act text

Session of 1993

No. 1993-69

AN ACT

SB 845

Amending the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.191, No.57), entitled, as amended, "An act establishing certain fees to be charged by registers of wills in counties of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class and providing for fees in counties of the second through eighth class," providing for the establishment and modification of fees; and providing for the imposition of an additional fee.

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

Section 1. Section 2.1 of the act of July 1, 1981 (P.L.191, No.57), referred to as the Register of Wills Fee Law, added July 10, 1990 (P.L.355, No.82), is amended to read:

Section 2.1. In counties of the second, second A, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes on or after the effective date of this act , the register of wills may establish, increase, decrease, modify or eliminate fees and charges with the approval of the President Judge [within 60 days of the effective date of this section]. Thereafter, such fees and charges shall [not] be established, increased, decreased, modified or eliminated [except by an act of the General Assembly] as determined by the register of wills and the president judge .

Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 2.2. An additional fee may be charged and collected by the register of wills of a county of the second class for the initiation of any action or legal proceeding which is filed with the office of the register of wills. The additional fee shall be deposited into a special register of wills computer fund established in each county of the second class. Moneys in the special fund shall be used by the register of wills, with the approval of the president judge, solely for the purposes of computerization and document reproduction for the office of the register of wills.

Section 3. This act shall take effect in 30 days.

APPROVED--The 3rd day of December, A. D. 1993.

MARK L. SINGEL

ACTING GOVERNOR