PRINTER'S NO. 947
No. 844 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, EARLL, BOSCOLA, HART, COSTA,
WHITE, DENT, HOLL, ROBBINS, SALVATORE, TOMLINSON AND WAUGH,
APRIL 27, 1999
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 27, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for criminal
3 victim aid good Samaritan civil immunity.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 8331.3. Criminal victim aid good Samaritan civil immunity.
9 Any person who provides or obtains or attempts to provide or
10 obtain assistance for a victim of a crime involving death,
11 serious physical injury, robbery, burglary, kidnapping or sexual
12 intercourse compelled by force or threat, at the scene of the
13 criminal act or attempted criminal act, shall not be liable for
14 any civil damages as a result of any acts or omissions in
15 providing or obtaining or attempting to provide or obtain
16 assistance, except any acts or omissions intentionally designed
17 to harm or any acts or omissions that constitute gross
18 negligence or willful, wanton or reckless conduct.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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