PRINTER'S NO. 2043

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1683 Session of 1977


        INTRODUCED BY MRKONIC, DUFFY, GAMBLE, SALVATORE, COWELL, ZELLER,
           FLAHERTY, COHEN, ZITTERMAN, MISCEVICH, SCANLON, BROWN,
           GOEBEL, KELLY, WARGO, RIEGER, FISHER, YAHNER, CASSIDY,
           ABRAHAM, SHUMAN, CIMINI, ITKIN, KOLTER, SCHMITT, BITTINGER,
           RYAN, M. P. MULLEN, GARZIA, RENWICK, LINCOLN, DiCARLO, COLE,
           CIANCIULLI, MELUSKEY, McCALL, McINTYRE, POTT AND RUGGIERO,
           OCTOBER 3, 1977

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 3, 1977

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of October 10, 1974 (P.L.705, No.235), entitled
     2     "An act providing for the training and licensing of watch
     3     guards, protective patrolmen, detectives and criminal
     4     investigators, carrying and using lethal weapons in their
     5     employment; imposing powers and duties on the Commissioner of
     6     the Pennsylvania State Police; and providing penalties,"
     7     providing for a limited exemption from the educational
     8     requirements for certification of certain qualified persons.

     9     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    10  hereby enacts as follows:
    11     Section 1.  The act of October 10, 1974 (P.L.705, No.235),
    12  known as the "Lethal Weapons Training Act," is amended by adding
    13  a section to read:
    14     Section 7.1.  Limited Exemption.--The commissioner shall
    15  issue the appropriate completion certificate to a qualified
    16  individual without requiring such individual to fulfill the
    17  requirements of section 4 relating to the mandatory attendance
    18  of privately employed agents at certain prescribed courses of


     1  instruction if such individual, prior to employment as a private
     2  agent, was employed as a full-time police officer for a period
     3  of ten years or more in any municipality in the Commonwealth.
     4     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.


















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