PRINTER'S NO. 4001
No. 2842 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, BELFANTI, NOYE, TRELLO, COY, F. TAYLOR,
GODSHALL, MORRIS, KOSINSKI, PESCI, NAILOR, TANGRETTI, DeLUCA,
PISTELLA, JOHNSON, FOX, GIGLIOTTI, D. F. CLARK, MELIO, CIVERA
AND J. H. CLARK, JULY 1, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 1, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing a penalty for certain
3 employees of institutions of higher education for failure to
4 report knowledge of drug usage by students to the proper
5 authorities.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 7509. Failure to report student drug offenses to authorities.
11 (a) Offense defined.--An administrator of any college,
12 university, junior college or other institution of higher
13 education commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if he fails
14 to notify the local police or the Attorney General of any
15 knowledge he has that a student that attends his institution has
16 violated any drug laws, including, but not limited to, the Anti-
17 Drug Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690, 21 U.S.C. § 1501 et seq.)
18 or the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The
1 Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
2 (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
3 "administrator" means any dean, president or chancellor of the
4 school.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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