Bill > SB823

This bill modifies existing Pennsylvania law regarding transfers from the State Gaming Fund to provide local law enforcement grants. Specifically, the bill expands the scope of how the annual $2,000,000 grant can be used by local law enforcement agencies. The grants, which are already intended to investigate and enforce unlawful gambling laws, will now also explicitly include the ability to investigate and enforce violations related to animal fighting paraphernalia. The bill clarifies that "local law enforcement agency" includes the Pennsylvania State Police when they are providing primary police coverage in municipalities without their own municipal police department. The legislation will take effect 60 days after its passage, and represents a minor but specific expansion of allowable law enforcement grant activities related to gambling and animal fighting prevention.

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