2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 63 - Enforcement
Section 6313 - Enforcement of summary offenses in State park and forest lands
§ 6313. Enforcement of summary offenses in State park and forest lands.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, individuals appointed and commissioned by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to preserve order in the State park or State forest lands are specifically authorized to enforce those provisions of this title which designate violations as summary offenses while acting within the State park or State forest lands. The authority includes the power to stop vehicles suspected of summary offenses, to issue citations for summary offenses and, if a vehicle is stopped for a suspected summary offense, to make arrests where evidence appears of additional offenses designated as misdemeanors or felonies.
(b) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the powers granted these individuals by law.
(June 25, 2001, P.L.701, No.68, eff. imd.)
2001 Amendment. Act 68 added section 6313.
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