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CLEAR 2011 Annual Educational ConferenceDirect Discipline: Cutting Costs,Enforcing Priorities
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Promoting Regulatory Excellence
Darrel S. CrimminsBureau of Enforcement and Investigation
PA Department of State
Direct Discipline:Cutting Costs,
Enforcing Priorities
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Increase legal cases
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13 hours average
$766.43 per case for simple cases
628 days average for all cases
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Additional Wishes
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House Bill 27
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Act 48 – July 2, 1993
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Due Process
Legal Notification
Fair punishment (fines)
Right to defend
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The First
• First Citation written in Dec 1995
• By the end of 1996
– 327 citations issued
– $107,100 fines
– 86% success rate
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Pitfalls/Problems
• Hearings to fight fines
• No changes on the record
• No rulings from the bench
• Payment Plans
• Default Judgments
• Fine levels
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Six to 20 Boards
+/- 70% of citations closed in weeks
9 hours reduction
Case turn around reduced by 170 days
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Totals
• Life of the program
– 11,299 citations written
– $2,829,852 collected
• FY 10/11
– 776 citations written
– $220,495 collected
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FY 10/11 Savings
7,333 Hours
$517,509.36
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Speaker Contact Information
Darrel S. Crimmins, Deputy Director
Bureau of Enforcement and Investigation
Department of State
P.O. Box 2649
Harrisburg, PA 17105
Phone: 717-783-7228