PRINTER'S NO. 378
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
360
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY JOZWIAK, PEIFER, WARD, DRISCOLL, WHEELAND, BARRAR,
MARSHALL, STAATS, DAY, D. COSTA, WATSON, CAUSER, CALTAGIRONE,
MILNE, SACCONE, CORBIN, RADER, RYAN AND NEILSON,
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 7, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for
commission members.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2163(a) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 2163. Commission members.
(a) Selection.--The commission shall be composed of 20
members as follows:
(1) The following members shall serve by virtue of their
office:
(i) The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State
Police who shall serve as chairman of the commission.
(ii) The Secretary of Community and Economic
Development.
(iii) The Attorney General.
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(iv) The police commissioner of a city of the first
class or his designee.
(2) The following members shall be appointed by the
President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives:
(i) A member of the Senate.
(ii) A member of the House of Representatives.
(3) The following members shall be appointed by the
Governor.
(i) A borough official, a first class township
official, a second class township official and a city
official.
(ii) Four incumbent chiefs of police from the
various municipalities of this Commonwealth, at least one
to be a chief of a borough police department, at least
one to be a chief of a township police department and at
least one to be a chief of a city police department.
(iii) [One Federal Bureau of Investigation special
agent-in-charge.] One member of the Pennsylvania Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police.
(iv) One educator qualified in the field of law
enforcement.
(v) One member representing the public at large.
(vi) Two noncommissioned police officers.
(vii) A director of one of the certified training
schools.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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