PRINTER'S NO. 3251
No. 2330 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY DiGIROLAMO, CRAHALLA, J. EVANS, FRANKEL, GRUCELA,
HARHAI, HORSEY, MELIO, O'NEILL, SCAVELLO, TIGUE, WATSON AND
WHEATLEY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004
AN ACT
1 Providing for the duties of the Pennsylvania State Police
2 regarding criminal history background reports for persons
3 participating in harness or horse racing.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Criminal history background reports.
7 (a) Duty to provide.--The Pennsylvania State Police shall,
8 at the request of the State Harness Racing Commission or the
9 State Horse Racing Commission, provide criminal history
10 background reports, which shall include records of criminal
11 arrests or convictions, on applicants for licensure by the
12 respective commission pursuant to section 213 of the act of
13 December 17, 1981 (P.L.435, No.135), known as the Race Horse
14 Industry Reform Act, including, but not limited to, officers,
15 directors and stockholders of licensed corporations, horse
16 owners, trainers, jockeys, drivers and other persons
17 participating in thoroughbred or harness horse meetings and
18 other persons and vendors who exercise their occupation or
1 employment at such meetings.
2 (b) Submittal of fingerprints.--Applicants to the State
3 Harness Racing Commission and the State Horse Racing Commission
4 shall submit a full set of their fingerprints which shall be
5 forwarded by the respective commission to the Pennsylvania State
6 Police for the purpose of verifying the identity of the
7 applicants and facilitating the preparation of criminal history
8 background reports under subsection (a).
9 (c) Exemption.--The State Harness Racing Commission and the
10 State Horse Racing Commission may exempt applicants for
11 positions not related to the care or training of horses, racing,
12 wagering, security or the management of licensed corporations
13 from the provisions of this act.
14 Section 2. Effective date.
15 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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