PRINTER'S NO. 1732
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1198
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, SABATINA, BREWSTER, COSTA, FONTANA AND
SCHWANK, APRIL 20, 2016
REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, APRIL 20, 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, of the Executive
Board and of the Pennsylvania State Police, further providing
for Pennsylvania State Police.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 710 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, amended
October 3, 1986 (P.L.1414, No.129), is amended to read:
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Section 710. Pennsylvania State Police.--The Pennsylvania
State Police shall have the power and its duty shall be:
(a) Subject to any inconsistent provisions in this act
contained, to continue to exercise the powers and perform the
duties by law vested in and imposed upon the Department of State
Police, the Pennsylvania State Police, the State Highway Patrol,
and the Pennsylvania Motor Police;
(b) To assist the Governor in the administration and
enforcement of the laws of the Commonwealth, in such manner, at
such times, and in such places, as the Governor may from time to
time request;
(c) With the approval of the Governor, to assist any
administrative department, board, or commission, of the State
Government, to enforce the laws applicable or appertaining to
such department, board, or commission, or any organization
thereof;
(d) Whenever possible, to cooperate with counties and
municipalities in the detection of crime, the apprehension of
criminals, and the preservation of law and order throughout the
State;
(e) To aid in the enforcement of all laws relating to game,
fish, forests, and waters;
(f) To collect and classify, and keep at all times
available, complete information useful for the detection of
crime, and the identification and apprehension of criminals.
Such information shall be available for all police officers
within the Commonwealth, under such regulations as the
Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police may prescribe;
(g) To enforce the laws regulating the use of the highways
of this Commonwealth, and to assist the Department of
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Transportation and the Department of Revenue in the collection
of motor license fees, fees for titling vehicles and tractors,
operators' license fees, the tax on cigarettes, and the tax on
liquid fuels, and the issuance of certificates of title and
motor and operators' licenses;
(h) To search without warrant any boat, conveyance, vehicle
or receptacle, or any place of business when there is good
reason to believe that any law has been violated, the
enforcement or administration of which is imposed or vested in
the Department of Revenue;
(i) To collect information relating to crimes and incidents
related to the race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or national origin of individuals or
groups, which shall be reported monthly by all local law
enforcement agencies and the State Fire Marshal. Any
information, records and statistics collected in accordance with
this subsection shall be available for use by any agency
required to furnish information, to the extent that such
information is reasonably necessary or useful to such agency in
carrying out the duties imposed on it by law. The Pennsylvania
State Police shall share the information collected under this
subsection with the Office of Attorney General. The Commissioner
of the Pennsylvania State Police may, by regulation, establish
such conditions for the use or availability of such information
as may be necessary to its preservation, the protection of
confidential information, or the circumstances of a pending
prosecution.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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