PRINTER'S NO. 1404
No. 1265 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY CIMINI, APRIL 22, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 22, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
3 public availability of the law enforcement records of certain
4 children.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 6308(b) of Title 42, act of November 25,
8 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes, is amended to read:
10 § 6308. Law enforcement records.
11 * * *
12 (b) Public availability.--
13 (1) The contents of law enforcement records and files
14 concerning a child shall not be disclosed to the public
15 except if the child is 14 or more years of age at the time of
16 the alleged conduct and if:
17 (i) the child has been adjudicated delinquent by a
18 court as a result of an act or acts which include the
1 elements of [rape,] kidnapping, murder, robbery, arson,
2 burglary or other act involving the use of or threat of
3 serious bodily harm; [or]
4 (ii) a petition alleging delinquency has been filed
5 by a law enforcement agency alleging that the child has
6 committed an act or acts which include the elements of
7 [rape,] kidnapping, murder, robbery, arson, burglary or
8 other act involving the use of or threat of serious
9 bodily harm and the child previously has been adjudicated
10 delinquent by a court as a result of an act or acts which
11 included the elements of one of such crimes;
12 (iii) a petition alleging delinquency has been filed
13 by a law enforcement agency alleging that the child has
14 committed an act or acts which include the elements of
15 rape or involuntary deviate sexual intercourse; or
16 (iv) the child has, on three separate occasions been
17 adjudicated a delinquent by a court.
18 (2) If the conduct of the child meets the requirements
19 for disclosure as set forth in paragraph (1), then the court
20 or law enforcement agency, as the case may be, shall
21 [disclose] publish the name of the child and the nature of
22 the conduct in question.
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24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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