SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2335
PRINTER'S NO. 3609
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1738
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, FREEMAN, QUIGLEY,
O'NEILL, SAYLOR, D. COSTA, A. HARRIS, MARSHALL, MILLARD,
WHEELAND, DeLUCA, ZIMMERMAN, WATSON, BENNINGHOFF, BARBIN,
CALTAGIRONE AND JOZWIAK, AUGUST 24, 2017
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JUNE 5, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in commencement of
proceedings, further providing for definitions and providing
for nonmunicipal police extraterritorial jurisdiction for
purposes of municipal police jurisdiction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8951 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions 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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"Nonmunicipal police department." The term shall have the
same meaning as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the
definition of "police department" in 53 Pa.C.S. § 2162 (relating
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