PRINTER'S NO. 3824
No. 2801 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY D. S. HAYES, LASHINGER, GREENLEAF, POLITE, WILSON,
ARMSTRONG, VROON AND E. H. SMITH, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1919 (P.L.366, No.179), entitled "An
2 act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating
3 therein a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for a State
4 Police Force, and defining the powers and duties of the same,
5 including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish,
6 forestry, and water supply, and certain other laws, and
7 including the collection of information useful for the
8 detection of crime, and the apprehension of criminals;
9 providing for the equipment, maintenance, and transportation
10 of such police; providing for barracks and substations
11 therefor; and prescribing penalties," further providing for
12 the qualifications of members of the Pennsylvania State
13 Police.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
15 hereby enacts as follows:
16 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 8, act of June 3, 1919
17 (P.L.366, No.179), entitled "An act reorganizing the Department
18 of State Police; creating therein a Bureau of Fire Protection;
19 providing for a State Police Force, and defining the powers and
20 duties of the same, including the enforcement of laws relating
21 to game, fish, forestry, and water supply, and certain other
22 laws, and including the collection of information useful for the
23 detection of crime, and the apprehension of criminals; providing
1 for the equipment, maintenance, and transportation of such
2 policy; providing for barracks and substations therefor; and
3 prescribing penalties," amended May 16, 1945 (P.L.583, No.239),
4 is amended to read:
5 Section 8. (a) No applicant shall be appointed to the
6 Pennsylvania State Police Force until he has satisfactorily
7 passed a physical and mental examination, based upon the
8 standard provided by the rules and regulations of the police
9 force of the cities of the first class, in addition to which
10 each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and of
11 sound constitution, able to ride, of good moral character, and
12 between the ages of twenty-one and forty years. No person who
13 has been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, any
14 misdemeanor or felony in any Federal or State court shall be
15 eligible to serve as a member of the Pennsylvania State Police
16 Force.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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