PRINTER'S NO. 128
No. 154 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY LESCOVITZ, DALEY, TIGUE, READSHAW, STURLA,
DERMODY, PICCOLA AND BATTISTO, JANUARY 20, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 20, 1995
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," further providing for the
21 responsibilities of law enforcement agencies and the
22 prosecutor's office regarding crime victims.
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Section 479.6 of the act of April 9, 1929
26 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, is
27 amended by adding a subsection to read:
1 Section 479.6. Responsibilities of Law Enforcement Agencies
2 under Basic Bill of Rights.--* * *
3 (e) In personal injury crimes where the prosecutor's office
4 does not have advance notice of a dispositional proceeding, law
5 enforcement agencies shall make reasonable efforts to notify the
6 victim.
7 Section 2. Section 479.7(e) of the act, added December 16,
8 1992 (P.L.1203, No.155), is amended to read:
9 Section 479.7. Responsibilities of Prosecutor's Office.--* *
10 *
11 (e) In personal injury crimes when the prosecutor's office
12 has advance notice of any dispositional proceeding, the
13 prosecutor shall make reasonable efforts to notify [a] the
14 victim [who has requested notice of the time and place of the
15 proceeding].
16 * * *
17 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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