PENNSYLVANIA, March 18 - PRINTER'S NO. 456

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

438

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY MUTH, KANE, STREET, FONTANA, BREWSTER, COSTA,

YUDICHAK, SANTARSIERO, COMITTA AND COLLETT, MARCH 18, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and

related offenses, providing for concurrent jurisdiction to

prosecute.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 5562. Concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute.

In addition to the authority conferred upon the Attorney

General by the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known

as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the Attorney General shall

have the authority to investigate and institute criminal

proceedings for a felony offense under this subchapter if the

Attorney General requests in writing to prosecute the felony

offense under this subchapter in a criminal court or juvenile

delinquency court and:

(1) t he district attorney with jurisdiction over the

prosecution of the felony offense accepts the request in

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