S1263B2157A09096       AJM:CMM 09/17/08    #90             A09096
                       AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1263
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE WALKO
                                           Printer's No. 2157

     1       Amend Title, page 1, line 4, by inserting after "FOR"
     2               exceptions to prohibition of interception and
     3               disclosure of communications and for

     4       Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 and 8, by striking out all of
     5    said lines and inserting
     6       Section 1.  Section 5704 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     7    Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     8    § 5704.  Exceptions to prohibition of interception and
     9               disclosure of communications.
    10       It shall not be unlawful and no prior court approval shall be
    11    required under this chapter for:
    12           * * *
    13           (17)  A person to intercept oral communications for
    14       disciplinary or security purposes on a school bus or school
    15       vehicle, as those terms are defined in 75 Pa.C.S. § 102
    16       (relating to definitions), if all of the following conditions
    17       are met:
    18               (i)  The school board has adopted a policy that
    19           authorizes audio interception on school buses or school
    20           vehicles for disciplinary or security purposes.
    21               (ii)  Each school year, the school board notifies
    22           students and their parents or guardians of the policy, by
    23           letter mailed to the students' home addresses.
    24               (iii)  The school board posts a notice that students
    25           may be audiotaped, which notice is clearly visible on
    26           each school bus or school vehicle that is furnished with
    27           audio-recording equipment.
    28       This paragraph shall not apply when a school bus or school
    29       vehicle is used for a purpose that is not school related.
    30       Section 2.  Section 5781 of Title 18 is amended to read:

    31       Amend Sec. 2, page 1, line 12, by striking out "2" and
    32    inserting
    33               3


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