PRINTER'S NO. 498
No. 451 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ORIE, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, MADIGAN, LOGAN,
FOLMER, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, BROWNE, RHOADES, WAUGH, ERICKSON,
EICHELBERGER AND STACK, MARCH 14, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for no
3 limitation applicable.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5551 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5551. No limitation applicable.
9 A prosecution for the following offenses may be commenced at
10 any time:
11 (1) Murder.
12 (2) Voluntary manslaughter.
13 (3) Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation to
14 commit murder if a murder results from the conspiracy or
15 solicitation.
16 (4) Any felony alleged to have been perpetrated in
17 connection with a murder of the first or second degree, as
18 set forth in 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a) or (b) and (d) (relating to
1 murder).
2 (5) A violation of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742 (relating to
3 accidents involving death or personal injury) or 3732
4 (relating to homicide by vehicle) if the accused was the
5 driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the
6 death of any person.
7 (6) A violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 2702 (relating to
8 aggravated assault) if the accused knew the victim was a law
9 enforcement officer and the law enforcement officer was
10 acting within the scope of the officer's duties.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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