Regular Session 2015-2016 House Bill 2133 P.N. 3482

PRINTER'S NO. 3482

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

2133

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY GROVE, SAYLOR, GERGELY, TRUITT, PHILLIPS-HILL AND

GINGRICH, JUNE 9, 2016

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 9, 2016

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled

"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the

executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the

Executive Department thereof and the administrative

departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,

including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or

Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or

authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative

departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and

duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative

officers, and of the several administrative departments,

boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive

and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of

certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and

other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,

and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the

number and compensation of the deputies and all other

assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and

commissions shall be determined," in powers and duties of the

Governor and other constitutional officers and of the

Executive Board and of the Pennsylvania State Police,

providing for State trooper services contractual program.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known

as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a

section to read:

Section 714. State Trooper Services Contractual Program.--

(a) This section shall apply to a municipality and adjacent

municipalities that:

(1) currently have or, prior to January 1, 2013, had an

organized police force or contracted police coverage through a

regional or municipal police department; and

(2) disband their organized police force or eliminate their

contracted police services.

(b) If subsection (a) applies, the municipality or adjacent

municipalities shall:

(1) enter into an agreement with the Pennsylvania State

Police for State trooper services; and

(2) agree to pay for the State trooper services.

the Pennsylvania State Police shall enter into agreements with

boroughs and townships for the furnishing of police protection

by one or more State troopers on a contractual basis at agreed-

upon hours and locations.

(d) Moneys paid for the services under this section shall be

credited to a restricted account and used for the express

purpose of financing the services for which the contract price

was paid.

(e) For every two thousand hours annually contracted under

this section, one full-time State trooper would not be counted

in determining the total number of officers and enlisted members

in the Pennsylvania State Police.

(f) The Pennsylvania State Police shall promulgate rules and

regulations as may be necessary to implement this section and

the contractual agreements authorized by this section. The rules

and regulations shall:

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(1) Require that as a prerequisite to contracting for the

services of a State trooper, a municipality or adjacent

municipalities shall adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing

the contractual arrangement with the Pennsylvania State Police

for the payment by the municipality or adjacent municipalities

of the costs incurred in connection with the provision of the

services under this section.

(2) Require State troopers to remain under the direct

control of the Pennsylvania State Police with supervision to be

provided by the commanding officer of the field installation

having jurisdiction over the municipality or adjacent

municipalities contracting for the State trooper services.

(3) Require that all organizational orders, regulations and

directives by the Pennsylvania State Police apply with full

force to the assigned State troopers.

(4) Prohibit the commanding officer of the field

installation from removing a State trooper assigned under this

section from the officer's area of jurisdiction during assigned

hours except in cases of emergency, in which case the governing

body of the contracting municipality or adjacent municipalities

shall be notified.

(5) Require State troopers to enforce 75 Pa.C.S. (relating

to vehicles), criminal laws of this Commonwealth and local

ordinances regarding public safety pursuant to the agreement

with the municipality or adjacent municipalities.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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