PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 277 PRINTER'S NO. 609
No. 276 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, PECORA, HELFRICK, O'CONNELL AND STOUT,
FEBRUARY 3, 1981
SENATOR CORMAN, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, MARCH 24, 1981
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting municipalities from imposing certain quotas on <--
2 traffic tickets.
3 PROHIBITING POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OR AGENCIES OF THE <--
4 COMMONWEALTH FROM IMPOSING CERTAIN QUOTAS ON THE ISSUANCE OF
5 CITATIONS FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. No municipality shall have the power or authority <--
9 to order, mandate, require or in any other manner, directly or
10 indirectly, suggest to any police officer employed by such
11 municipality that said police officer shall issue a certain
12 number of traffic citations or tickets on any daily, weekly,
13 monthly, quarterly or yearly basis.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
15 SECTION 1. NO POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR AGENCY OF THE <--
16 COMMONWEALTH SHALL HAVE THE POWER OR AUTHORITY TO ORDER,
17 MANDATE, REQUIRE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
18 SUGGEST TO ANY POLICE OFFICER, STATE POLICE OFFICER, GAME
1 COMMISSION OFFICER, FISH COMMISSION OFFICER OR ANY OTHER OFFICER
2 EMPLOYED BY SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR AGENCY OF THE
3 COMMONWEALTH THAT SAID POLICE OFFICER, STATE POLICE OFFICER,
4 GAME COMMISSION OFFICER, FISH COMMISSION OFFICER OR ANY OTHER
5 OFFICER SHALL ISSUE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CITATIONS,
6 TICKETS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CITATION ON ANY DAILY, WEEKLY,
7 MONTHLY, QUARTERLY OR YEARLY BASIS.
8 SECTION 2. ANY TICKETS OR CITATIONS ISSUED IN VIOLATION OF
9 THIS ACT SHALL BE UNENFORCEABLE, NULL AND VOID.
10 SECTION 3. THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
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