Opinion
615
03-06-2024
IN RE: AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATION PURSUANT TO 42 PA.C.S. § 3502(C)
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION DOCKET
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 6th day of March, 2024, it is Ordered, pursuant to Article V, Section 10(c) of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and 42 Pa.C.S. § 3502(a), that the attached amendments to the Financial Regulation are hereby adopted.
To the extent that notice of proposed rulemaking may be required by Pa.R.J.A. 103(a), the immediate promulgation of the regulation is hereby found to be in the interests of efficient administration. See Pa.R.J.A. 103(a)(3).
This Order is to be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b), and the amendments shall be effective April 1, 2024.
AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL REGULATION PURSUANT TO 42 Pa.C.S. § 3502(c)
204 Pa. Code Ch. 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] 2.75 percent (%) convenience fee for online credit/debit card payments of court costs, fines, fees, and restitution associated with pre-existing cases, cases initiated within the Magisterial District Judge, Common Pleas, and Appellate Court Case Management Systems of the Pennsylvania Courts, or filings submitted via the Guardianship Tracking System. The 2.75 % convenience fee shall also be assessed on any other online credit/debit card payments initiated through the AOPC's UJS Portal. 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] April 1, 2024, 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, cases initiated within the Magisterial District Judge, Common Pleas, and Appellate Court Case Management Systems of the Pennsylvania Courts, or filings submitted via the Guardianship Tracking System].