THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY VEREB, BAKER, BOYD, CLYMER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAHER, MILNE, PYLE, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, WATSON AND SWANGER, OCTOBER 4, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, OCTOBER 4, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for investigations and

enforcement.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1517(a.1)(2) of Title 4 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1517.  Investigations and enforcement.

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(a.1)  Powers and duties of bureau.--The Bureau of

Investigations and Enforcement shall have the following powers

and duties:

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(2)  Investigate and review all applicants and

applications for a license, permit or registration. The

bureau shall be prohibited from disclosing any portion of a

background investigation report to any member prior to the

submission of the bureau's final background investigation

report relating to the applicant's suitability for licensure

to the board. The Office of Enforcement Counsel, on behalf of

the bureau, shall prepare the final background investigation

report for inclusion in a final report relating to the

applicant's suitability for licensure. Appended to each such

report shall be all information collected by the bureau that

relates to the applicant.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.