PRINTER'S NO. 958
No. 840 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, BUNT, FOX, WESTON, STABACK, BELARDI, MAINE,
HALUSKA, NAHILL, STUBAN, D. W. SNYDER, DISTLER, GODSHALL,
LASHINGER, BISHOP, TRELLO, SAURMAN, GLADECK, MARKOSEK,
COWELL, JACKSON, TIGUE, HESS, GEIST, FLICK, CAWLEY, McCALL,
JOHNSON, VEON, E. Z. TAYLOR, JAMES, OLASZ AND NOYE,
APRIL 3, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 3, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 3, 1919 (P.L.366, No.179), entitled "An
2 act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating
3 therein a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for a State
4 Police Force, and defining the powers and duties of the same,
5 including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish,
6 forestry, and water supply, and certain other laws, and
7 including the collection of information useful for the
8 detection of crime, and the apprehension of criminals;
9 providing for the equipment, maintenance, and transportation
10 of such police; providing for barracks and substations
11 therefor; and prescribing penalties," providing for payment
12 of Pennsylvania State Police medical examinations.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 8(a) of the act of June 3, 1919 (P.L.366,
16 No.179), entitled "An act reorganizing the Department of State
17 Police; creating therein a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing
18 for a State Police Force, and defining the powers and duties of
19 the same, including the enforcement of laws relating to game,
20 fish, forestry, and water supply, and certain other laws, and
21 including the collection of information useful for the detection
1 of crime, and the apprehension of criminals; providing for the
2 equipment, maintenance, and transportation of such police;
3 providing for barracks and substations therefor; and prescribing
4 penalties," amended May 16, 1945 (P.L.583, No.239), is amended
5 to read:
6 Section 8. (a) No applicant shall be appointed to the
7 Pennsylvania State Police Force until he has satisfactorily
8 passed a physical and mental examination, based upon the
9 standard provided by the rules and regulations of the police
10 force of the cities of the first class, in addition to which
11 each applicant must be a citizen of the United States, and of
12 sound constitution, able to ride, of good moral character, and
13 between the ages of twenty-one and forty years. Medical
14 examinations required as a condition of employment for the
15 Pennsylvania State Police Force shall be provided by and paid
16 for by the Commonwealth.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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