PRINTER'S NO. 841

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 749 Session of 1997

        INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, MICOZZIE, BROWN, WAUGH, SAYLOR,
           DENT, ROONEY, PLATTS, LEVDANSKY, HERSHEY, READSHAW, CLARK,
           GEIST, BOSCOLA, HALUSKA, STABACK, BROWNE, SERAFINI, MARSICO,
           BARRAR, WOJNAROSKI, LEH, LAUGHLIN, TANGRETTI, L. I. COHEN,
           PRESTON, SATHER, STERN, CIVERA, BUNT, PETRARCA, RAYMOND,
           ARMSTRONG, HENNESSEY, NAILOR, FLEAGLE, B. SMITH, SCHULER,
           TRAVAGLIO, TRELLO, DALEY, BAKER, SEYFERT, BLAUM, BARD, ALLEN,
           FARGO, MARKOSEK, HESS, FICHTER, RUBLEY, TRUE, CLYMER,
           HUTCHINSON, ROSS, LUCYK, MILLER, COY, SHANER, VAN HORNE,
           DALLY, LYNCH, EGOLF, MELIO AND BENNINGHOFF, MARCH 11, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
     3     sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 9711(d)(1) of Title 42 of the
     7  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 9711.  Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree.
     9     * * *
    10     (d)  Aggravating circumstances.--Aggravating circumstances
    11  shall be limited to the following:
    12         (1)  The victim was a firefighter, peace officer,
    13     volunteer firefighter, emergency medical team volunteer,
    14     public servant concerned in official detention, as defined in

     1     18 Pa.C.S. § 5121 (relating to escape), judge of any court in
     2     the unified judicial system, the Attorney General of
     3     Pennsylvania, a deputy attorney general, district attorney,
     4     assistant district attorney, member of the General Assembly,
     5     Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor General, State
     6     Treasurer, State law enforcement official, local law
     7     enforcement official, Federal law enforcement official or
     8     person employed to assist or assisting any law enforcement
     9     official in the performance of his duties, who was killed in
    10     the performance of his duties or as a result of his official
    11     position.
    12         * * *
    13     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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