PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1146 PRINTER'S NO. 1795
No. 996 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY KELLEY AND ANDREWS, JUNE 29, 1977
SENATOR KELLEY, LAW AND JUSTICE, AS AMENDED, APRIL 11, 1978
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," authorizing the
21 Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police to make
22 regulations relating to communication systems of governmental
23 agencies.
24 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
25 hereby enacts as follows:
26 Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
27 as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended by adding a
28 section to read:
29 Section 711.1. Rules and Regulations Relating to
1 Governmental Communication Systems.--The Commissioner of the
2 Pennsylvania State Police is authorized to promulgate rules and
3 regulations encouraging and permitting the reasonable interface,
4 interconnection, and termination of communication systems, <--
5 including alarms, by governmental criminal justice agencies
6 having criminal law enforcement as their primary responsibility,
7 fire and health protective service agencies, governmental
8 institution facilities, public utility facilities, banking and
9 saving institutions, and major commercial and industrial
10 facilities with Pennsylvania State Police communication systems
11 and facilities. Such rules and regulations shall include, but
12 not be limited to, administrative and procedural practices of
13 implementation, responsibilities of parties involved and the
14 establishment of appropriate sanction for noncompliance with
15 established policies and procedures.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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