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75 Pa.C.S. § 6313

Enforcement of summary offenses in State park and forest lands

Known as the Vehicle Code

The act spans §§ 75–75 (898 sections).

(June 25, 2001, P.L.701, No.68, eff. imd.)

(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.

Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.