PRINTER'S NO. 515
No. 449 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY BEYER, BAKER, BARRAR, BOYD, CAPPELLI, DALLY,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL,
GRELL, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY,
KENNEY, KILLION, KOTIK, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, MENSCH,
MILLARD, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, QUIGLEY,
ROSS, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, STERN, SWANGER, THOMAS, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND VEREB, FEBRUARY 26, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 25, 1919 (P.L.581, No.274), entitled
2 "An act for the better government of cities of the first
3 class of this Commonwealth," further providing for penalty
4 for false personification.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5 of Article V of the act of June 25,
8 1919 (P.L.581, No.274), referred to as the First Class City
9 Government Law, is amended to read:
10 Section 5. The department shall make suitable regulations
11 under which the officers and members of the fire and police
12 forces shall be required to wear appropriate uniforms. [It shall
13 be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding five hundred
14 dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in
15 the discretion of the court, for any person falsely to
16 personate, by uniform, insignia, or otherwise, any officer or
1 member of the department.]
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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