PRINTER'S NO. 1595
No. 1279 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY SCANLON, REGOLI AND BELAN, OCTOBER 10, 1989
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 10, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 10, 1951 (P.L.1189, No.265),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act regulating the appointment,
3 promotion, suspension, reduction, removal and reinstatement
4 of employes (except superintendents, assistant
5 superintendents, inspectors, chief clerks and school guards)
6 in bureaus of police in cities of the second class; and
7 defining the powers and duties of civil service commissions
8 in such cities for such purposes," providing for
9 authorization for second class cities that are home rule
10 municipalities to enact, by referendum, alternate means of
11 police discipline and regulation.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The act of August 10, 1951 (P.L.1189, No.265),
15 entitled, as amended, "An act regulating the appointment,
16 promotion, suspension, reduction, removal and reinstatement of
17 employes (except superintendents, assistant superintendents,
18 inspectors, chief clerks and school guards) in bureaus of police
19 in cities of the second class; and defining the powers and
20 duties of civil service commissions in such cities for such
21 purposes," is amended by adding a section to read:
22 Section 9.1. Any city of the second class which is a home
1 rule municipality may, in lieu of the procedures set forth
2 elsewhere in this act, determine its method of police
3 discipline, removal and general regulation of police officers
4 through a home rule charter amendment. Council, by ordinance,
5 may propose, in any election, only one question to be presented
6 to the voters. If more than one question is placed before the
7 voters, the question with the highest number of votes will
8 prevail.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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