PRINTER'S NO. 455
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
420
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KIRKLAND, YOUNGBLOOD, BROWNLEE, THOMAS, KINSEY,
DAVIDSON, MURT, COHEN, McCARTER, V. BROWN, SIMS AND McNEILL,
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in wiretapping and electronic
surveillance, providing for law enforcement use of cameras
worn on the body.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 57 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
SUBCHAPTER B.1
BODY CAMERAS
Sec.
5731. Use of body-worn cameras.
5732. Costs.
§ 5731. Use of body-worn cameras.
A law enforcement officer under section 5704(16) (relating to
exceptions to prohibition of interception and disclosure of
communications) shall wear a body-worn camera and record the
events that occur while the officer is on duty with the body-
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worn camera.
§ 5732. Costs.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, law
enforcement agency costs, including costs for training and for
the purchase, maintenance and operation of equipment, that are
necessary to meet the objectives of section 5731 (relating to
u se of body-worn cameras) shall be paid as follows:
(1) Costs of the Pennsylvania State Police shall be paid
from the cash or proceeds of forfeited property in the
custody of the Attorney General.
(2) Costs of a local law enforcement agency shall be
paid from the cash or proceeds of forfeited property in the
custody of the district attorney of the county in which the
law enforcement agency is located.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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