SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 907, 1424, 1485 PRINTER'S NO. 1893
No. 805 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, PETRONE, DeLUCA, SEVENTY, STABACK,
JOHNSON, POTT, GANNON, ANGSTADT, VROON, ARTY, MARKOSEK,
STEVENS, PETRARCA, F. E. TAYLOR, BOOK, OLASZ, KOSINSKI,
CIVERA, FOX, RIEGER, DONATUCCI, RAYMOND, WOGAN, PERZEL,
J. J. TAYLOR, DEAL AND NOYE, MARCH 26, 1985
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 26, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for prohibited
3 offensive weapons.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 908(d) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 908. Prohibited offensive weapons.
9 * * *
10 (d) Exemptions.--The use and possession of blackjacks by the
11 following persons in the course of their duties are exempt from
12 this section:
13 (1) Police officers, as defined by and who meet the
14 requirements of the act of June 18, 1974 (P.L.359, No.120),
15 referred to as the Municipal Police Education and Training
16 Law.
1 (2) Police officers of first class cities who have
2 successfully completed training which is substantially
3 equivalent to the program under the Municipal Police
4 Education and Training Law.
5 (3) Pennsylvania State Police officers.
6 (4) Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the various counties
7 who have satisfactorily met the requirements of the Municipal
8 Police Education and Training Law.
9 (5) Police officers employed by the Commonwealth who
10 have satisfactorily met the requirements of the Municipal
11 Police Education and Training Law.
12 (6) Deputy sheriffs with adequate training as determined
13 by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
14 (7) LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD AGENTS WHO HAVE SATISFACTORILY <--
15 MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE EDUCATION AND
16 TRAINING LAW.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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