PRINTER'S NO. 527
No. 503 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, TIGUE, SERAFINI, YOUNGBLOOD, BELARDI,
FICHTER, RUBLEY, WOGAN, HENNESSEY, MELIO, J. TAYLOR, TRELLO,
CLARK, HARHAI, CORRIGAN, SURRA, PETRARCA, CIVERA, STEELMAN,
SEMMEL, SCRIMENTI AND E. Z. TAYLOR, FEBRUARY 10, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, defining "public service recipient";
3 and further providing for dissemination of criminal record
4 information.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 9102 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:
9 § 9102. Definitions.
10 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
11 shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
12 context clearly indicates otherwise:
13 * * *
14 "Public service recipient."
15 (1) a board of school directors which has requested
16 criminal history record information concerning applicants for
17 school bus driver, teacher or substitute teacher positions;
18 or
1 (2) the mayor of a city, the mayor of a borough or town,
2 the chairman of the board of commissioners or supervisors of
3 a township or the chief executive officer of a home rule
4 municipality, as the case may be, who has requested criminal
5 history record information about a special fire police
6 nominee, volunteer fireman, volunteer member of an ambulance
7 service or rescue squad or applicant for municipal
8 employment.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. Section 9121 of Title 18 is amended by adding a
11 subsection to read:
12 § 9121. General regulations.
13 * * *
14 (g) Availability to public service recipients.--
15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
16 criminal justice agencies shall disseminate without charge
17 criminal history record information, including, but not limited
18 to, a summary of the Statewide criminal history record
19 information which is contained in the central repository and may
20 be accessed by a criminal justice agency through any automated,
21 electronic or other means, to any public service recipient.
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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