PRINTER'S NO. 290

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 260 Session of 1997

        INTRODUCED BY TRAVAGLIO, TANGRETTI, DALEY, ITKIN, MELIO,
           BELARDI, WALKO, TRELLO, SHANER, SAINATO, READSHAW, STURLA,
           VAN HORNE, McCALL, PESCI, SURRA AND L. I. COHEN,
           FEBRUARY 5, 1997

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 5, 1997

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for reimbursement of
     3     police officers' salaries.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 2170(a) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes, added December 19, 1996 (P.L.    ,
     8  No.177), is amended to read:
     9  § 2170.  Reimbursement of expenses.
    10     (a)  General rule.--The commission shall provide for
    11  reimbursement to each municipality of the entire amount of the
    12  allowable tuition and the ordinary and necessary living and
    13  travel expenses incurred by their police officers while
    14  attending certified municipal police basic training schools if
    15  the municipality adheres to the training standards established
    16  by the commission. The regular salary of police officers while
    17  attending approved schools shall be paid by the employing

     1  municipality. The commission shall reimburse the employing
     2  municipality for 60% of the regular salaries of police officers
     3  while attending schools approved under this subchapter. For the
     4  fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999, and for
     5  each year thereafter, the commission shall reimburse the
     6  employing municipality for 80% of the regular salaries of police
     7  officers while attending schools approved under this subchapter.
     8  The commission shall require written documentation of all
     9  expenses incurred by municipalities relating to the training of
    10  municipal police officers for the purposes of reimbursement by
    11  the commission. All municipalities shall annually audit these
    12  funds as part of their annual audit and submit a copy of the
    13  audit to the commission. Failure to perform the audit and submit
    14  a copy of it to the commission shall render the municipality in
    15  violation of this subchapter.
    16     * * *
    17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.









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