Section 53.1. Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Act—The Ethnic Intimidation Statistics Collection Act (71 P. S. § 250).

Commissioner—The Commissioner of the State Police.

Department—The State Police.

Ethnic intimidation—alicious intention motivated by hatred toward the race, color, religion or national origin of another individual or group of individuals manifested through the commission of an act which is a necessary element of an offense under the following provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses):

(i) Article B (relating to offenses involving danger to the person).

(ii) Chapter 33 (relating to arson, criminal mischief and other property destruction (excluding section 3307 (relating to institutional vandalism))).

(iii) Section 3503 (relating to criminal trespass).

(iv) Section 5504 (relating to harassment by communication or address).

Reporting agency—A Commonwealth law enforcement agency contributing to the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting Program and the State Fire Marshal.

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program—A program established by law which provides a Statewide view of crime trends and volume based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout this Commonwealth. The Department, under the act of November 22, 1978 (P. L. 1166, No. 274) (71 P. S. § § 1190.21—1190.30) and an interagency agreement between the Department and the Commission on Crime and Delinquency, acts as the administrator of the UCR Program, with the authority and responsibility for collection and dissemination of this statistical information.