Pennsylvania Act 1998-145 — CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S) AND JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S) - AMEND

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CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S) AND JUDICIAL CODE (42 PA.C.S) - AMEND
                 Act of Dec. 21, 1998, P.L. 1086, No. 145             Cl. 18
                             Session of 1998
                               No. 1998-145

     SB 1373

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 42 (Judiciary and
        Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, making revisions and repeals relating to the Motor
        Vehicle Chop Shop and Illegally Obtained and Altered Property
        Act.

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

        Section 1.  Section 5708 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
      § 5708.  Order authorizing interception of wire, electronic or
                oral communications.
        The Attorney General, or, during the absence or incapacity of
     the Attorney General, a deputy attorney general designated in
     writing by the Attorney General, or the district attorney or,
     during the absence or incapacity of the district attorney, an
     assistant district attorney designated in writing by the
     district attorney of the county wherein the interception is to
     be made, may make written application to any Superior Court
     judge for an order authorizing the interception of a wire,
     electronic or oral communication by the investigative or law
     enforcement officers or agency having responsibility for an
     investigation involving suspected criminal activities when such
     interception may provide evidence of the commission of any of
     the following offenses, or may provide evidence aiding in the
     apprehension of the perpetrator or perpetrators of any of the
     following offenses:
            * * *
            (7)  Under the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.874,
        No.110), known as the Motor Vehicle Chop Shop and Illegally
        Obtained and Altered Property Act.
        Section 2.  Section 5552(b) of Title 42 is amended by adding
     a paragraph to read:
      § 5552.  Other offenses.
        * * *
        (b)  Major offenses.--A prosecution for any of the following
     offenses must be commenced within five years after it is
     committed:
            * * *
            (5)  Under the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.874,
        No.110), known as the Motor Vehicle Chop Shop and Illegally
        Obtained and Altered Property Act.
        * * *
        Section 3.  The provisions of 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 7102 and 7103 are
     repealed.
        Section 4.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 21st day of December, A. D. 1998.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE