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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY ORIE, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, WASHINGTON, WARD, ERICKSON, BROWNE, MUSTO, FONTANA, WOZNIAK AND STACK, MAY 1, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 1, 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, further providing for |
3 | global positioning system technology. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 9798.3 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 9798.3. Global positioning system technology. |
9 | (a) Supervision conditions.--The Pennsylvania Board of |
10 | Probation and Parole and county probation authorities may impose |
11 | supervision conditions that include offender tracking through |
12 | global positioning system technology. |
13 | (b) Mandatory supervisory tracking.--The Pennsylvania Board |
14 | of Probation and Parole, a county probation or parole authority |
15 | or the Pennsylvania State Police shall track the following |
16 | individuals for the period of registration required under |
17 | section 9795.1 (relating to registration) when the individual |
18 | has been: |
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1 | (1) determined to be a sexually violent predator as |
2 | provided for under this chapter; |
3 | (2) convicted of a sexually violent offense occurring on |
4 | or after first being subject to a period of registration |
5 | under section 9795.1; or |
6 | (3) convicted of violating 18 Pa.C.S. § 4915 (relating |
7 | to failure to comply with registration of sexual offenders |
8 | requirements). |
9 | (c) Costs.--A person tracked through electronic monitoring |
10 | shall bear the associated costs unless it is determined by the |
11 | tracking authority that such costs would result in undue |
12 | economic hardship to the person. |
13 | (d) Tampering with tracking device.--Tampering with or |
14 | removing a tracking device required under this section shall be |
15 | graded as follows: |
16 | (1) An individual subject to registration under section |
17 | 9795.1(a) who commits a violation of this section commits a |
18 | felony of the third degree. |
19 | (2) An individual subject to registration under section |
20 | 9795.1(b)(1), (2) or (3) who commits a violation of this |
21 | section commits a felony of the second degree. |
22 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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