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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 516

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 450 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  Repealing the act of June 1, 1915 (P.L.708, No.326), entitled
     2     "An act to prevent the wearing of the badge of the Bureau of
     3     Police, in cities of the first class, by unauthorized
     4     persons, and providing a penalty therefor."

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  The act of June 1, 1915 (P.L.708, No.326),
     8  entitled "An act to prevent the wearing of the badge of the
     9  Bureau of Police, in cities of the first class, by unauthorized
    10  persons, and providing a penalty therefor," is repealed:
    11                              [AN ACT
    12  To prevent the wearing of the badge of the Bureau of Police, in
    13     cities of the first class, by unauthorized persons, and
    14     providing a penalty therefor.
    15     Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the
    16  passage of this act, any person, except such as may be


     1  authorized by the Director of Public Safety, in cities of the
     2  first class in this Commonwealth, who may be in possession of or
     3  found wearing the badge of the Bureau of Police, of said cities
     4  of the first class, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
     5  conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty
     6  nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for a term not
     7  exceeding six months, or both or either, at the discretion of
     8  the court; all fines that may be imposed shall be for the use of
     9  the police pension-fund of said cities of the first class.
    10     Section 2.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
    11  are hereby repealed.]
    12     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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