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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 385, 918, 1518,          PRINTER'S NO. 1578
        918, 1553

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 372 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, JUBELIRER, WAGNER, TOMLINSON, LAVALLE,
           COSTA, ROBBINS, CONTI, TARTAGLIONE, MADIGAN, BELL, EARLL,
           HOLL, GERLACH, BOSCOLA, STACK, GREENLEAF, MUSTO, RHOADES,
           SCHWARTZ, ARMSTRONG, KUKOVICH, LOGAN, CORMAN, KASUNIC,
           M. WHITE, LEMMOND AND MURPHY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           DECEMBER 4, 2001

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled     <--
     2     "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
     3     executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
     4     Executive Department thereof and the administrative
     5     departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
     6     including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
     7     Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
     8     authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
     9     departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
    10     duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
    11     officers, and of the several administrative departments,
    12     boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
    13     Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
    14     and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
    15     certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
    16     other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
    17     and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
    18     number and compensation of the deputies and all other
    19     assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
    20     commissions shall be determined," further providing for the
    21     Pennsylvania State Police.
    22  REPEALING, IN PART, A LIMITATION ON THE COMPLEMENT OF THE         <--
    23     PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE.

    24     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    25  hereby enacts as follows:


     1     Section 1.  Section 205(b) of the act of April 9, 1929         <--
     2  (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929,
     3  amended July 11, 1991 (P.L.73, No.12), is amended to read:
     4     Section 205.  Pennsylvania State Police.--* * *
     5     (b)  The State Police Force shall consist of such number of
     6  officers and men, and shall be organized in such manner, as the
     7  Commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police, with the approval of
     8  the Governor, shall from time to time determine[: Provided,
     9  however, That the number of officers and men shall not exceed in
    10  the aggregate at any time three thousand nine hundred and forty
    11  persons. State policemen, both officers and men, assigned to
    12  duty with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or assigned to
    13  duty as resident State troopers, shall not be counted in
    14  determining the total number of officers and men in the State
    15  Police Force].
    16     * * *
    17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or
    18  immediately, whichever is later.
    19     SECTION 1.  SECTION 205(B) OF THE ACT OF APRIL 9, 1929         <--
    20  (P.L.177, NO.175), KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1929, IS
    21  REPEALED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT LIMITS THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF
    22  PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE MEMBERS TO LESS THAN 4,040 4,310        <--
    23  PERSONS; PROVIDED THAT PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE MEMBERS
    24  ASSIGNED TO DUTY WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION OR AS
    25  RESIDENT STATE TROOPERS SHALL BE EXCLUDED IN DETERMINING SUCH
    26  NUMBER.
    27     SECTION 2.  THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.


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