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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY DePASQUALE, BELFANTI, BROWN, SIPTROTH, READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, DALEY, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, GROVE, KORTZ, MAJOR, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MUNDY, M. O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, REICHLEY, ROCK, SHAPIRO, STABACK, SWANGER, TALLMAN, VULAKOVICH AND HORNAMAN, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for global |
3 | positioning satellite units. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 9722.1. Global positioning satellite unit. |
9 | (a) A court may require that an individual wear a global |
10 | positioning satellite unit, with the victim's consent, if the |
11 | defendant has knowledge of the location of the victim's |
12 | residence, place of employment or school and has one of the |
13 | following orders in place: |
14 | (1) A peace order under section 6204 (relating to |
15 | emergency orders), 6205 (relating to temporary orders), 6206 |
16 | (relating to hearing) or 6211 (relating to foreign orders). |
17 | (2) A protection from abuse order under 23 Pa.C.S. |
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1 | Ch. 61 (relating to protection from abuse). |
2 | (b) When a defendant is required to wear a global |
3 | positioning satellite unit, the court shall establish a |
4 | prohibited zone that shall be narrowly tailored to best protect |
5 | the victim. If the defendant enters this prohibited zone, the |
6 | global positioning satellite unit shall alert the victim, law |
7 | enforcement officials and the county emergency management |
8 | center. The officials shall have the authority to arrest the |
9 | defendant for violating the orders listed in subsection (a). |
10 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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