PRINTER'S NO. 26
No. 16 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY WALKO, BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, CAPPELLI, COY, CRUZ, DALEY, DeLUCA, D. EVANS, GEORGE, HARHAI, HERSHEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, MARKOSEK, STABACK, YOUNGBLOOD, LEVDANSKY, HORSEY, KELLER, LEDERER, MELIO, THOMAS, KOTIK, FREEMAN, EACHUS AND JOSEPHS, JANUARY 29, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 29, 2003
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for scattering 3 rubbish. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 6501(a)(3) and (b)(5) of Title 18 of the 7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: 8 § 6501. Scattering rubbish. 9 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of an offense if 10 he: 11 * * * 12 (3) is the owner or operator, or an agent of either, of 13 a [trash, garbage or debris collection] vehicle[, including 14 private automobiles and small trucks, or any other type of 15 vehicles] used [to collect or transport], for profit or not 16 for profit, in the collection or transportation of trash, 17 garbage or debris, who knowingly causes to be deposited or
1 deposits the vehicle's load or any part thereof upon any 2 road, street, highway, alley or railroad right-of-way, or 3 upon the land of another or into the waters of this 4 Commonwealth. 5 (b) Penalty.-- 6 * * * 7 (5) Any vehicle, equipment or conveyance, including any 8 private automobile and small truck, may be deemed contraband 9 and forfeited in accordance with the provisions set forth in 10 this section if it is used for the transportation or disposal 11 of trash, garbage or debris: 12 (i) in an amount exceeding 25 pounds, in the 13 commission of an offense under subsection (a)(3); or 14 (ii) in any amount, in the commission of a second or 15 subsequent offense under subsection (a)(3) [may be deemed 16 contraband and forfeited in accordance with the 17 provisions set forth in this section]. 18 * * * 19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A2L18MEP/20030H0016B0026 - 2 -