PRINTER'S NO. 1896
No. 1553 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY IRVIS AND OLIVER, JUNE 26, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 26, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," providing for training of
21 Pennsylvania State Police for response to ethnic tension
22 situations.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 711 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
26 No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by
27 adding a subsection to read:
1 Section 711. Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police.--* *
2 *
3 (a.1) The training prescribed by the commissioner for
4 members of the force shall include identifying and responding to
5 ethnic tension situations and complaints of violation of 18
6 Pa.C.S. § 2710 (relating to ethnic intimidation) or 3307
7 (relating to institutional vandalism).
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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