PENNSYLVANIA, November 10 - PRINTER'S NO. 110

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

137

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, MENSCH, PITTMAN, REGAN, SCAVELLO,

STEFANO AND YAW, JANUARY 27, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance,

establishing the Drug Recognition Expert Training Fund.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 3576. Drug Recognition Expert Training Fund.

(a) Fund established.--The Drug Recognition Expert Training

Fund is established as a special fund in the State Treasury.

Money in the fund may only be used for purposes of drug

recognition expert training, which shall include training of law

enforcement officers to detect if an individual is impaired by

or under the influence of alcohol, intoxicating liquor, drugs,

narcotics, controlled substances or other impairing or

intoxicating substances. Money in the fund and the interest

accruing thereon are appropriated to the Pennsylvania State

Police, upon approval of the Governor, to implement and

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