PRINTER'S NO. 1847
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1466
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, READSHAW AND SAYLOR, MAY 15, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 15, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
"An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
Executive Department thereof and the administrative
departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
officers, and of the several administrative departments,
boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
and commissions; providing for judicial administration; and
prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation
of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of
certain departments, boards and commissions shall be
determined," in powers and duties of the Governor and other
constitutional officers, of the executive board and of the
Pennsylvania State Police, providing for State trooper
services contractual program.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known
as The Administrative Code of 1929, is amended by adding a
section to read:
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Section 714. State Trooper Services Contractual Program.--
(a) A municipality or adjacent municipalities shall enter
into an agreement with the Pennsylvania State Police for State
trooper services and agree to pay for the State trooper services
if the municipality or adjacent municipalities:
(1) currently have or, prior to the effective date of this
act, had an organized police force or contracted police coverage
through a regional or municipal police department; and
(2) disband the organized police force or eliminate the
contracted police services.
(b) The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police shall
enter into agreements with municipalities under subsection (a)
to furnish police protection by one or more State troopers on a
contractual basis at agreed-upon hours and locations.
(c) Money paid for the services under this section shall be
deposited in a restricted account in the General Fund and used
for the express purpose of financing the services for which the
contract price was paid.
(d) For every two thousand hours annually contracted under
this section, one full-time State trooper shall not be counted
in determining the total number of officers and enlisted members
in the Pennsylvania State Police.
(e) The Pennsylvania State Police shall promulgate rules and
regulations as may be necessary to implement this section and
the contractual agreements authorized by this section. The rules
and regulations shall:
(1) require that, as a prerequisite to contracting for the
services of a State trooper, a participating municipality shall
adopt a resolution or ordinance authorizing the contractual
arrangement with the Pennsylvania State Police for the payment
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by the municipality of the costs incurred in connection with the
provision of the services under this section;
(2) require State troopers to remain under the direct
control of the Pennsylvania State Police with supervision to be
provided by the commanding officer of the field installation
having jurisdiction over the municipality or adjacent
municipalities contracting for the State trooper services;
(3) require that all organizational orders, regulations and
directives by the Pennsylvania State Police apply with full
force to the assigned State troopers;
(4) prohibit the commanding officer of the field
installation from removing a State trooper assigned under this
section from the officer's area of jurisdiction during assigned
hours except in cases of emergency, in which case the governing
body of the contracting municipality or adjacent municipalities
shall be notified; and
(5) require State troopers to enforce the provisions of
Title 75 (relating to vehicles), criminal laws of this
Commonwealth and local ordinances regarding public safety
pursuant to the agreement with a municipality or adjacent
municipalities.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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