PRINTER'S NO. 2420
No. 1963 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, OLASZ, WALKO, McGEEHAN, ROBINSON,
BELARDI, READSHAW, HALUSKA, MELIO, BISHOP, PISTELLA,
YOUNGBLOOD AND WASHINGTON, JULY 25, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 25, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), entitled
2 "A supplement to the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175),
3 entitled 'An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct
4 of the executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth
5 by the Executive Department thereof and the administrative
6 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
7 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
8 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
9 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
10 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
11 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
12 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
13 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
14 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
15 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
16 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
17 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
18 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
19 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
20 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
21 commissions shall be determined,' implementing the addition
22 of section 4.1 to Article IV of the Constitution of
23 Pennsylvania; establishing the Office of Attorney General
24 elected by the citizens and setting forth powers and duties
25 of the Attorney General; creating an Office of General
26 Counsel and providing for legal services for Commonwealth
27 agencies; transferring, reorganizing or reconstituting
28 certain boards, commissions and agencies; placing certain
29 duties upon the courts and district attorneys; repealing
30 certain acts and parts of acts and making appropriations,"
31 providing for the powers of agents of the Bureau of Narcotics
32 Investigation and Control.
33 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. The act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164),
3 known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, is amended by adding a
4 section to read:
5 Section 205.1. Powers of agents of Bureau of Narcotics
6 Investigation and Control.
7 Agents of the Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Control
8 in the Office of Attorney General shall, in addition to other
9 powers conferred by this act or any other act, have the same
10 rights, powers and duties as police officers in this
11 Commonwealth. The keepers of jails and other places of detention
12 shall receive all persons arrested by agents of the Bureau of
13 Narcotics Investigation and Control until they are dealt with
14 according to law.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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