PRINTER'S NO. 110
No. 82 Special Session No. 1 of 1995
INTRODUCED BY AFFLERBACH, RHOADES, O'PAKE, HART, BELAN, KASUNIC
AND MUSTO, MARCH 29, 1995
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 29, 1995
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 rights.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 479.3 of the act of April 9, 1929
25 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
26 amended by adding a clause to read:
27 Section 479.3. Basic Bill of Rights for Victims.--Victims of
1 crime have the following rights:
2 * * *
3 (5.1) To make, prior to sentencing, an in-person statement
4 directly to the sentencing court concerning the impact of the
5 crime.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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