PRINTER'S NO. 2939

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2153 Session of 1984


        INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, HAGARTY, BUNT, HOEFFEL, NAHILL, GLADECK,
           CORNELL, LASHINGER, GODSHALL, McCLATCHY, REBER, SCHULER,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, PUNT, BOWSER, McVERRY, CIMINI, MOWERY, KENNEDY,
           BOOK, MADIGAN, MERRY, BOYES, ANGSTADT, GRUPPO, LEVIN,
           MICHLOVIC, MURPHY, BATTISTO, STEWART, COLE AND CESSAR, MAY 9,
           1984

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 9, 1984

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, providing for certain missing person
     3     reports.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 2908.  Missing person reports.
     9     Law enforcement officers or agencies filing attempts to
    10  locate missing persons reports with the Commonwealth Law
    11  Enforcement Assistance Network shall do so immediately upon the
    12  receipt of information that a person is missing. In no case
    13  shall law enforcement officers or agencies impose a mandatory
    14  waiting period prior to the filing of such a report.
    15     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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