Bill Text: PA HB2071 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for the definition of "municipal police officer."

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 23-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-29 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB2071 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2071-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2870
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2071 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, AUMENT, CALTAGIRONE, CREIGHTON, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GROVE, HARKINS, HESS, HORNAMAN, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, MAHONEY, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MURT, PICKETT, ROAE, STEVENSON, SWANGER AND VULAKOVICH, DECEMBER 12, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, DECEMBER 12, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
definition of "municipal police officer."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "municipal police officer" in
section 8951 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended to read:
§ 8951. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Municipal police officer." Any natural person who is
properly employed by a municipality, including a home rule
municipality, or a police department as defined in 53 Pa.C.S. §
2162 (relating to definitions) as a regular full-time or part-
time police officer.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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