PRINTER'S NO. 3797
No. 2548 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY R. TAYLOR, LENTZ, D. EVANS, BELFANTI, BEAR,
BENNINGHOFF, BOYD, BRENNAN, CONKLIN, DALLY, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
GRELL, GRUCELA, HANNA, HARPER, HERSHEY, JOSEPHS, KORTZ,
KOTIK, KULA, MANN, McCALL, McILVAINE SMITH, MELIO, MOYER,
MUSTIO, NAILOR, PASHINSKI, READSHAW, SANTONI, SIPTROTH,
M. SMITH, STABACK, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, J. WHITE, YOUNGBLOOD,
GINGRICH AND SHAPIRO, MAY 20, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 20, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of November 22, 1978 (P.L.1166, No.274),
2 entitled "An act establishing the Pennsylvania Commission on
3 Crime and Delinquency, providing for its powers and duties
4 establishing several advisory committees within the
5 commission and providing for their powers and duties,"
6 further providing for powers and duties of the commission.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 3 of the act of November 22, 1978
10 (P.L.1166, No.274), referred to as the Pennsylvania Commission
11 on Crime and Delinquency Law, is amended by adding a paragraph
12 to read:
13 Section 3. Powers and duties of the commission.
14 The commission shall have the power and its duty shall be:
15 * * *
16 (18) To create and coordinate a grant program for
17 distributing funds to any Pennsylvania-based, nonprofit
1 corporation that accredits law enforcement agencies
2 throughout this Commonwealth.
3 Section 2. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and
4 Delinquency's duty to create and coordinate the grant program
5 under section 3(18) of the act is contingent upon the
6 appropriation of funds for the grant program by the General
7 Assembly.
8 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008, or
9 immediately, whichever is later.
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