PRINTER'S NO. 3307
No. 2522 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY RUGGIERO, COLE, FRYER, KOWALYSHYN, LEVI, SIRIANNI
AND SALVATORE, JUNE 5, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 5, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 15, 1951 (P.L.586, No.144), entitled
2 "An act regulating the suspension, removal, furloughing and
3 reinstatement of police officers in boroughs and townships of
4 the first class having police forces of less than three
5 members, and in townships of the second class," authorizing
6 the appointment of police in certain second class townships
7 through Federally funded programs without invoking the
8 provisions of this act.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 1, act of June 15, 1951 (P.L.586,
12 No.144), entitled "An act regulating the suspension, removal,
13 furloughing and reinstatement of police officers in boroughs and
14 townships of the first class having police forces of less than
15 three members, and in townships of the second class," is amended
16 to read:
17 Section 1. This act shall apply to each township of the
18 second class, to each borough and township of the first class
19 having a police force of less than three members and not subject
20 to sections one thousand one hundred sixty-five through one
21 thousand one hundred ninety of the act, approved the fourth day
1 of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws
2 519), known as "The Borough Code," and their amendments, nor to
3 sections six hundred twenty-five through six hundred fifty of
4 the act, approved the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand
5 nine hundred thirty-one (Pamphlet Laws 1206), known as "The
6 First Class Township Code," and their amendments. This act shall
7 not apply to those second class townships having a police force
8 of three or more members if those members in excess of two are
9 appointed on a temporary basis through a Federally funded
10 program.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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