PRINTER'S NO. 2914
No. 2180 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY TULLI, RYAN, PERZEL AND DeWEESE, NOVEMBER 19, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 19, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Titles 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 53
2 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
3 Statutes, providing for legislative security officers.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8902 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 8902. Arrest without warrant.
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10 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "police
11 officer" includes an individual who is:
12 (1) employed by the House of Representatives as a
13 legislative security officer; and
14 (2) specifically designated by the Bipartisan Management
15 Committee to enforce the laws of this Commonwealth, including
16 making arrests as provided by law for violations of the laws
17 of this Commonwealth, on the premises and grounds of:
18 (i) the State Capitol Building;
1 (ii) a building where an office of a member or
2 employee of the House of Representatives is located; and
3 (iii) a building where an official function,
4 including a committee meeting or hearing, of the House of
5 Representatives is being conducted.
6 Section 2. Section 8951 of Title 42 is amended by adding a
7 definition to read:
8 § 8951. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
10 shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
11 meanings given to them in this section:
12 * * *
13 "Police officer." Includes an individual who is:
14 (1) employed by the House of Representatives as a
15 legislative security officer; and
16 (2) specifically designated by the Bipartisan Management
17 Committee to enforce the laws of this Commonwealth, including
18 making arrests as provided by law for violations of the laws
19 of this Commonwealth, on the premises and grounds of:
20 (i) the State Capitol Building;
21 (ii) a building where an office of a member or
22 employee of the House of Representatives is located; and
23 (iii) a building where an official function,
24 including a committee meeting or hearing, of the House of
25 Representatives is being conducted.
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27 Section 3. The definition of "police officer" in section
28 2162 of Title 53 is amended to read:
29 § 2162. Definitions.
30 The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
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1 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
2 context clearly indicates otherwise:
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4 "Police officer." Any full-time or part-time employee of a
5 city, borough, town, township, railroad or street railway
6 police, campus police or university police or county police
7 department assigned to criminal or traffic law enforcement
8 duties[;] and any deputy sheriff of a county of the second
9 class[; and, for]. The following apply:
10 (1) For the purpose of training only, [security
11 officers] the term includes all of the following:
12 (i) A security officer of a first class city housing
13 authority.
14 (ii) An individual who is:
15 (A) employed by the House of Representatives as
16 a legislative security officer; and
17 (B) specifically designated by the Bipartisan
18 Management Committee to enforce the laws of this
19 Commonwealth, including making arrests as provided by
20 law for violations of the laws of this Commonwealth,
21 on the premises and grounds of:
22 (I) the State Capitol Building;
23 (II) a building where an office of a member
24 or employee of the House of Representatives is
25 located; and
26 (III) a building where an official function,
27 including a committee meeting or hearing, of the
28 House of Representatives is being conducted.
29 (2) The term excludes persons employed to check parking
30 meters or to perform only administrative duties and auxiliary
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1 and fire police.
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3 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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