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Deputy waterways conservation officers - 30 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 305

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     § 305.  Deputy waterways conservation officers.
        (a)  Appointment and training.--The executive director, with
     the approval of the commission, may appoint deputy waterways
     conservation officers to act anywhere within this Commonwealth.
     Newly appointed deputy waterways conservation officers,
     excluding reappointments, shall attend such training programs as
     may be required by the commission, which shall include at a
     minimum:
            (1)  Successful completion of training and obtaining a
        certificate of qualification under the act of October 10,
        1974 (P.L.705, No.235), known as the Lethal Weapons Training
        Act, prior to appointment.
            (2)  Successful completion of not less than 250 hours of
        law enforcement classroom and on-the-job training.
     All deputy waterways conservation officers, including
     reappointments, shall attend all annual in-service training as
     may be required by the commission. Persons appointed under this
     section may exercise the powers of their appointments until
     December 31 of each year unless their appointment is sooner
     revoked, suspended or withdrawn.
        (b)  Compensation.--Deputy waterways conservation officers
     shall not be entitled to any salary, compensation or expenses
     for their services from the Commonwealth, unless detailed in
     writing for duty by the executive director of the commission, in
     which case they shall receive compensation and/or reasonable
     expenses in accordance with a Statewide pay scale and standards
     as established by the Executive Board. Only such duties or
     assignments as are approved in advance by the executive director
     or his designee shall be eligible for compensation and/or
     reasonable expenses. When acting within the scope of their
     official duties, deputy waterways conservation officers shall be
     authorized to operate Commonwealth vehicles and watercraft and
     shall be treated as employees of the Commonwealth for the
     purposes of automotive and general liability and the act of June
     2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation
     Act.
        (c)  Powers and duties.--Deputy waterways conservation
     officers appointed under the authority of this section may
     exercise the powers and duties of their appointments until
     December 31 of each year and no longer unless their commissions
     are sooner revoked, suspended or withdrawn. The powers and
     duties of deputy waterways conservation officers shall be
     subject to such limitations as the executive director, with the
     approval of the commission, shall prescribe. The executive
     director may authorize deputy waterways conservation officers to
     exercise the same powers and perform the same duties as
     waterways conservation officers except that deputy waterways
     conservation officers shall not exercise the powers and duties
     set forth in section 901(a)(12) (relating to powers and duties
     of waterways conservation officers and deputies).
     (Jan. 29, 1998, P.L.31, No.7, eff. imd.; Nov. 3, 1999, P.L.447,
     No.41, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.828, No.115, eff.
     imd.)

        2000 Amendment.  Act 115 amended subsec. (b).
        Cross References.  Section 305 is referred to in section 102
     of this title.

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