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Committee sends study of state police costs and municipal coverage to the House after debate
Summary
House Resolution 136, which directs a study on the fiscal impact of state police coverage where municipalities lack local police and would form an advisory committee, was reported to the floor 16–10 after committee amendments to broaden representation.
The House Local Government Committee voted to report House Resolution 136, which directs the Joint State Government Commission to study how state police coverage affects Pennsylvania taxpayers in municipalities without full local police departments and to form an advisory committee for that study.
Representative Brennan, the sponsor, told the committee “there’s nothing more important that we do in local government than protect, health, safety, and welfare of our residents.” Brennan said the study should quantify costs borne by the Commonwealth for state police coverage…
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