PRINTER'S NO. 124
No. 137 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY ERICKSON, WONDERLING, MUSTO, RAFFERTY, KITCHEN, CORMAN, COSTA, LEMMOND, PILEGGI, D. WHITE, RHOADES, GREENLEAF, PIPPY, O'PAKE, LOGAN, ORIE, BOSCOLA AND WAUGH, FEBRUARY 1, 2005
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 1, 2005
AN ACT 1 Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 23 (Domestic 2 Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further 3 providing for general regulations relating to dissemination 4 of criminal history record information and for information 5 relating to prospective child-care personnel. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Section 9121(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 9 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 10 § 9121. General regulations. 11 * * * 12 (b) Dissemination to noncriminal justice agencies and 13 individuals.--Criminal history record information shall be 14 disseminated by a State or local police department to any 15 individual or noncriminal justice agency only upon request. 16 Except as provided in subsection (b.1): 17 (1) A fee may be charged by a State or local police 18 department for each request for criminal history record
1 information by an individual or noncriminal justice agency, 2 except that no fee shall be charged to an individual who 3 makes the request in order to apply to become a volunteer and 4 serve without compensation with an affiliate of Little League 5 Baseball, Inc., Big Brothers of America or Big Sisters of 6 America or with a rape crisis center or domestic violence 7 program. 8 (2) Before a State or local police department 9 disseminates criminal history record information to an 10 individual or noncriminal justice agency, it shall extract 11 from the record all notations of arrests, indictments or 12 other information relating to the initiation of criminal 13 proceedings where: 14 (i) three years have elapsed from the date of 15 arrest; 16 (ii) no conviction has occurred; and 17 (iii) no proceedings are pending seeking a 18 conviction. 19 * * * 20 Section 2. Section 6344(h) of Title 23 is amended to read: 21 § 6344. Information relating to prospective child-care 22 personnel. 23 * * * 24 (h) Fees.--The department may charge a fee not to exceed $10 25 in order to conduct the certification as required in subsection 26 (b)(2), except that no fee shall be charged to an individual who 27 makes the request in order to apply to become a volunteer and 28 serve without compensation with an affiliate of Little League 29 Baseball, Inc., Big Brothers of America or Big Sisters of 30 America or with a rape crisis center or domestic violence 20050S0137B0124 - 2 -
1 shelter. 2 * * * 3 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A3L18JAM/20050S0137B0124 - 3 -