PRINTER'S NO. 2121
No. 1662 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY REBER, SWEET, PICCOLA, BORTNER, HAGARTY AND FOX,
SEPTEMBER 30, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 30, 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," further providing for crime
21 victims' compensation.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. The definition of "victim" in section 477 of the
25 act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
26 Administrative Code of 1929, amended June 30, 1984 (P.L.458,
27 No.96), is amended to read:
1 Section 477. Definitions.--So far as it relates to the crime
2 victim's compensation provisions, the following terms shall be
3 defined as:
4 * * *
5 "Victim" shall mean a person against whom a crime has been
6 committed, other than the alleged offender, who suffers [bodily]
7 physical or mental injury, death or the loss of the proceeds of
8 a social security payment which is the primary income of the
9 recipient [as a direct result of a crime].
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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