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PRINTER'S NO. 181
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
208
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BLAKE, FOLMER, DiSANTO, SCHWANK, COSTA, K. WARD,
YUDICHAK AND BROWNE, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), entitled
"A supplement to 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; 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,' implementing the addition
of section 4.1 to Article IV of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania; establishing the Office of Attorney General
elected by the citizens and setting forth powers and duties
of the Attorney General; creating an Office of General
Counsel and providing for legal services for Commonwealth
agencies; transferring, reorganizing or reconstituting
certain boards, commissions and agencies; placing certain
duties upon the courts and district attorneys; repealing
certain acts and parts of acts and making appropriations," in
Office of Attorney General, further providing for criminal
prosecutions.
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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 205(a)(1) of the act of October 15, 1980
(P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, is
amended to read:
Section 205. Criminal prosecutions.
(a) Prosecutions.--The Attorney General shall have the power
to prosecute in any county criminal court the following cases:
(1) Criminal charges against [State] public officials or
public employees affecting the performance of their public
duties or the maintenance of the public trust and criminal
charges against persons attempting to influence such [State]
public officials or public employees or benefit from such
influence or attempt to influence.
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Section 2. The amendment of section 205(a)(1) of the act
shall apply to prosecutions initiated on or after the effective
date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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