PRINTER'S NO. 169
No. 164 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, GREENLEAF, KITCHEN, KUKOVICH, WAGNER,
RAFFERTY, LOGAN, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, PUNT, WOZNIAK, O'PAKE,
KASUNIC AND SCHWARTZ, FEBRUARY 4, 2003
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 criminal victim aid good Samaritan civil immunity.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8331.3 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 8331.3. Criminal victim aid good Samaritan civil immunity.
9 (a) General rule.--Any person who provides or obtains or
10 attempts to provide or obtain assistance for a victim of a crime
11 [involving death, serious physical injury, robbery, burglary,
12 kidnapping, rape, statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate
13 sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault
14 or indecent assault] at the scene of the [criminal act] personal
15 injury crime or attempted [criminal act] personal injury crime
16 shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any
17 acts or omissions in providing or obtaining or attempting to
18 provide or obtain assistance, except any acts or omissions
1 intentionally designed to harm or any acts or omissions that
2 constitute gross negligence or willful, wanton or reckless
3 conduct.
4 (b) Definitions.--The terms "personal injury crime" and
5 "victim" shall have the same meanings given to them in section
6 103 of the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.111), known as
7 the Crime Victims Act.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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