Pennsylvania Act 2018-129 — MUNICIPALITIES (53 PA.C.S.) - COMMISSION MEMBERS

Act text

Session of 2018

No. 2018-129

SB 403

AN ACT

Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for commission members.

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

Section 1. Section 2163(a) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2163. Commission members.

(a) Selection.--The commission shall be composed of 20 members as follows:

(1) The following members shall serve by virtue of their office:

(i) The Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police who shall serve as chairman of the commission.

(ii) The Secretary of Community and Economic Development.

(iii) The Attorney General.

(iv) The police commissioner of a city of the first class or his designee.

(2) The following members shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives:

(i) A member of the Senate.

(ii) A member of the House of Representatives.

(3) The following members shall be appointed by the Governor[.] :

(i) A borough official, a first class township official, a second class township official and a city official.

(ii) Four incumbent chiefs of police from the various municipalities of this Commonwealth, at least one to be a chief of a borough police department, at least one to be a chief of a township police department and at least one to be a chief of a city police department.

(iii) [One Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent-in-charge] One member of the Pennsylvania Lodge Fraternal Order of Police .

(iv) One educator qualified in the field of law enforcement.

(v) One member representing the public at large.

(vi) Two noncommissioned police officers.

(vii) A director of one of the certified training schools.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 24th day of October, A.D. 2018.

TOM WOLF