Pennsylvania HB 2284: An Act providing a procedure for the approval of a lease-backed debt obligation.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2990
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2284
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY FLEMING, HILL-EVANS, HADDOCK, PIELLI, WAXMAN,
SANCHEZ, CIRESI, K. HARRIS, D. WILLIAMS AND FRANKEL,
MARCH 11, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 12, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, imposing a fee for service on
municipalities for municipal patrol services provided by the
Pennsylvania State Police and providing for State Police
patrol services agreements, for allocation of money, for fees
for intermunicipal police response and for penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 44 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a chapter to read:
CHAPTER 25
MUNICIPAL PATROL SERVICES
Sec.
2501. Scope of chapter.
2502. Definitions.
2503. State Police patrol services fee.
2504. Reduction or elimination of fee.
2505. State Police patrol services agreements.
2506. Allocation of money.
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2507. Annual reports by State Police.
2508. Intermunicipal police response.
2509. Penalties.
2510. Applicability.
§ 2501. Scope of chapter.
This chapter relates to municipal patrol services.
§ 2502. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commissioner." The Commissioner of Pennsylvania State
Police.
"Institutionalized population." Persons who are primarily
ineligible, unable or unlikely to participate in the labor force
while residents of institutional group quarters, including adult
correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, skilled nursing
facilities and other institutional facilities such as mental
hospitals and in-patient hospice facilities.
"Local full-time patrol services." Patrol services provided
by a municipality for a period of 24 hours per day and seven
days per week through the municipality's local police
department, through participation in a regional police
department or through a contract with other municipal or
regional police departments.
"Local part-time patrol services." Patrol services for a
period of less than 24 hours per day and less than seven days
per week provided by a municipality through the municipality's
local police department, participation in a regional police
department or through a contract with other municipal or
regional police departments.
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"Patrol services." Police services provided to protect
public safety by maintaining order, protecting people and
property and enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws through
routine visits through a municipality.
"State Police." The Pennsylvania State Police.
"State Police full-time patrol services." Patrol services
provided by the Pennsylvania State Police to a municipality for
a period of 24 hours per day and seven days per week in a
municipality that does not have local full-time patrol services.
"State Police part-time patrol services." Patrol services
provided by the Pennsylvania State Police that supplement the
local part-time patrol services provided in a municipality.
§ 2503. State Police patrol services fee.
(a) State Police full-time patrol services.--Except for a
municipality that is subject to section 2505 (relating to State
Police patrol services agreements), each municipality that
receives State Police full-time patrol services shall pay the
fee under subsection (c) for the State Police full-time patrol
services provided in the previous calendar year.
(b) State Police part-time patrol services.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), each
municipality that receives State Police part-time patrol
services shall pay the fee under subsection (c) for State
Police part-time patrol services provided in the previous
calendar year.
(2) (i) The following municipalities shall be exempt
from paying the fee for service under paragraph (1):
(A) A municipality that is subject to section
2505.
(B) A municipality with a population of 1,000 or
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less that provides local part-time patrol services
for at least 40 hours per week.
(C) A municipality with a population of more
than 1,000 but less than 3,500 that provides local
part-time patrol services for at least 80 hours per
week.
(D) A municipality with a population equal to or
greater than 3,500 that meets the requirement under
clause (C) and provides local part-time patrol
services for an additional 40 hours per week for each
2,500 in population greater than 3,500.
(ii) A municipality that qualifies for an exemption
under subparagraph (i)(D) shall not be considered to
provide local full-time patrol services.
(c) Fees.--
(1) The total annual fee assessed by the c