PRINTER'S NO. 1477
No. 1284 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY KONDRICH, CALTAGIRONE, MOEHLMANN, ALLEN, ANGSTADT,
ARGALL, BELARDI, BIRMELIN, BLAUM, BOYES, BUSH, CAWLEY,
CESSAR, CHADWICK, D. F. CLARK, J. H. CLARK, CLYMER, COLAIZZO,
CORNELL, COWELL, DAVIES, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY, DIETTERICK,
DISTLER, DOMBROWSKI, DORR, FARGO, FEE, FOX, GEIST, GIGLIOTTI,
GODSHALL, GRUPPO, HAGARTY, HALUSKA, HAYDEN, HAYES, HERMAN,
HOWLETT, JACKSON, JADLOWIEC, JOHNSON, KASUNIC, KENNEY,
KOSINSKI, LaGROTTA, LASHINGER, LEVDANSKY, LLOYD, MAIALE,
MARKOSEK, MARSICO, MAYERNIK, McVERRY, MELIO, MERRY, MICOZZIE,
MILLER, MORRIS, MRKONIC, NAHILL, NAILOR, PICCOLA, PITTS,
PRESSMANN, RAYMOND, ROBBINS, ROBINSON, SAURMAN, SCHEETZ,
SCHULER, SEMMEL, SERAFINI, S. H. SMITH, D. W. SNYDER,
STABACK, STEIGHNER, STUBAN, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
TIGUE, TRELLO, WAMBACH, WESTON, WOGAN, J. L. WRIGHT, BURD,
LANGTRY, F. TAYLOR, NOYE AND O'BRIEN, APRIL 24, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 24, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 Statewide municipal police jurisdictions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8953(d) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8953. Statewide municipal police jurisdiction.
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10 (d) Immunities and benefits preserved.--Any municipal police
11 officer who exercises any power or authority granted under this
12 section, and the employing municipality of the police officer,
1 shall have the same immunities from liability as would be
2 applicable if the actions were performed within the territorial
3 boundaries of the officer's primary jurisdiction and the police
4 officer shall be entitled to the same benefits of employment as
5 the officer would possess if acting solely within his primary
6 jurisdiction. However, when any municipal police officer is
7 responding to a request for aid or assistance from a State law
8 enforcement officer pursuant to subsection (a)(3) for purposes
9 of workers' compensation and allocation of liability for any
10 death, injury or damage he may cause in the performance of his
11 requested duties, he shall be considered to be an employee of
12 the Commonwealth. All costs incurred by any municipality in the
13 defense of lawsuits arising from the performance of any
14 requested duties shall be borne by the Commonwealth. The
15 Commonwealth shall provide attorneys to defend any lawsuits
16 arising under this section. For purposes of compensation,
17 pension or indemnity fund rights and other rights and benefits
18 to which he may be entitled, the municipal officer shall be
19 considered to be performing his duties in his normal capacity as
20 a municipal law enforcement officer. Nothing in this section
21 shall be construed to restrict the authority of any municipality
22 to limit the exercise of any power or authority conferred on its
23 police by this section.
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25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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