PRINTER'S NO. 2022
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1435
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY P. DALEY, ROZZI, MURT, McNEILL, THOMAS, GODSHALL
AND COHEN, JULY 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 6, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 71 (State Government) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in retirement for State employees and
officers, further defining "enforcement officer."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "enforcement officer" in
section 5102 of Title 71 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5102. Definitions.
The following words and phrases as used in this part, unless
a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall
have the following meanings:
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"Enforcement officer."
(1) Any enforcement officer or investigator of the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board who is a peace officer
vested with police power and authority throughout the
Commonwealth and any administrative or supervisory employee
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of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board vested with police
power who is charged with the administration or enforcement
of the liquor laws of the Commonwealth.
(2) Special agents, narcotics agents, asset forfeiture
agents, medicaid fraud agents and senior investigators
hazardous waste prosecutions unit, classified as such and
employed by the Office of Attorney General who have within
the scope of their employment as law enforcement officers the
power to enforce the law and make arrests under the authority
of the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as
the Commonwealth Attorneys Act.
(3) Parole agents and institutional parole assistants,
classified as such by the Executive Board and employed by the
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
(4) Waterways conservation officers and other
commissioned law enforcement personnel employed by the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission who have and exercise
the same law enforcement powers as waterways conservation
officers. This paragraph shall not apply to deputy waterways
conservation officers.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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