6322 - Reports by issuing authorities.
§ 6322. Reports by issuing authorities. (a) General rule.--Subject to any inconsistent procedures and standards relating to reports and transmission of funds prescribed pursuant to Title 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure): (1) Following the fifteenth and last days of each month, every issuing authority shall prepare a statement, upon forms prescribed and furnished by the department, of all fines collected, bail forfeited, sentence imposed and final disposition for all cases on violations of any provisions of this title decided by the issuing authority in the semimonthly reporting period just concluded. The statement shall be certified by the issuing authority to be true and correct and shall be forwarded to the department within the following week, with a copy sent to the police department which filed the charge. Any fines and bail forfeited payable to the Commonwealth under Subchapter E of Chapter 35 of Title 42 (relating to fines, etc.) shall accompany the report to the department. (2) The report shall include the identifying number of the citation, the name and residence address of the party charged, the driver's license number, the registration number of the vehicle involved, a description of the offense, the section and subsection of the statute or ordinance violated, the date of conviction, the plea, the judgment or whether bail was forfeited, the sentence or amount of forfeiture and such other information as the department may require. (b) Use of reports by department.--Other than reports of parking convictions, the department shall promptly enter all relevant information contained in the reports in the records of the persons who were not commercial drivers at the time of the violation and shall promptly enter all information contained in the reports in the records of person who were commercial drivers at the time of the violation. (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151, eff. 60 days; July 5, 2005, P.L.100, No.37) 2005 Amendment. Act 37 amended subsec. (b). Section 10(2) of Act 37 provided that Act 37 shall take effect 90 days after publication of a notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The notice was published July 16, 2005, at 35 Pa.B. 4029. 1998 Amendment. Act 151 amended subsec. (a)(2). Suspension by Court Rule. Section 6322 was suspended by Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure No. 1101(2), adopted March 1, 2000, insofar as it is inconsistent with Rule 470. Cross References. Section 6322 is referred to in section 1585 of this title.