PRINTER'S NO. 444
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
409
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, COHEN, SABATINA, KAUFFMAN,
THOMAS, GABLER AND McCARTER, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic
surveillance, providing for unmanned aircraft surveillance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 57 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER E.1
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SURVEILLANCE
ยง 5776. Order authorizing unmanned aircraft surveillance.
(a) General rule.--The Attorney General, or, during the
absence or incapacity of the Attorney General, a deputy attorney
general designated in writing by the Attorney General, or the
district attorney or, during the absence or incapacity of the
district attorney, an assistant district attorney designated in
writing by the district attorney of the county in which the
suspected criminal activity has been, is or is about to occur,
may make written application to any Superior Court judge for an
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