PRINTER'S NO. 378
No. 349 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, DeLUCA, MASLAND, LUCYK, BOYES, MERRY,
FAIRCHILD, NAILOR, SAURMAN, KASUNIC, TRELLO, E. Z. TAYLOR,
CAWLEY, ARMSTRONG, STERN, STURLA, KING AND COY,
FEBRUARY 10, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 10, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, making an exception to certain fees
3 relating to criminal records; and making editorial changes.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9121(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 9121. General regulations.
9 * * *
10 (b) Dissemination to noncriminal justice agencies and
11 individuals.--
12 (1) Criminal history record information shall be
13 disseminated by a State or local police department to any
14 individual or noncriminal justice agency only upon
15 request[:].
16 [(1)] (2) A fee may be charged by a State or local
17 police department for each request for criminal history
1 record information by an individual or noncriminal justice
2 agency. No fee shall be charged for such information in
3 connection with any person participating as a volunteer in a
4 block parent program, including, but not limited to, the
5 "McGruff House" program.
6 [(2)] (3) Before a State or local police department
7 disseminates criminal history record information to an
8 individual or noncriminal justice agency, it shall extract
9 from the record all notations of arrests, indictments or
10 other information relating to the initiation of criminal
11 proceedings where:
12 (i) three years have elapsed from the date of
13 arrest;
14 (ii) no conviction has occurred; and
15 (iii) no proceedings are pending seeking a
16 conviction.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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