An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for reimbursement of expenses.

PRINTER'S NO. 2944
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2251
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY REICHARD, COOK, BARGER, D. WILLIAMS, FLEMING,
GILLEN, ZIMMERMAN AND PUGH, FEBRUARY 26, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 26, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in employees, further providing for
reimbursement of expenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2170(a) of Title 53 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 2170. Reimbursement of expenses.
(a) [General rule] Reimbursement.--The commission shall
provide for reimbursement to each municipality of the entire
amount of the allowable tuition and the ordinary and necessary
living and travel expenses incurred by their police officers
while attending certified municipal police basic training
schools if the municipality adheres to the training standards
established by the commission. The regular salary of police
officers while attending approved schools shall be paid by the
employing municipality. The commission shall reimburse the
employing municipality for 60% of the regular salaries of police
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officers while attending schools approved under this subchapter.
The commission shall require written documentation of all
expenses incurred by municipalities relating to the training of
municipal police officers for the purposes of reimbursement by
the commission. All municipalities shall annually audit these
funds as part of their annual audit and submit a copy of the
audit to the commission. Failure to perform the audit and submit
a copy of it to the commission shall render the municipality in
violation of this subchapter. Of the total State funds available
under this subsection, the commission shall annually allocate
25% of the State funds to townships and boroughs with a
population of less than 20,000 residents. If, after a good faith
effort, the commission cannot allocate the full 25% due to a
lack of eligible applicants during a calendar year, any
remaining State funds for that calendar year may be awarded to
other eligible municipalities.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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