PRINTER'S NO. 27
No. 17 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, BELARDI, BUXTON, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON,
CRUZ, HORSEY, JOSEPHS, SAYLOR, SOLOBAY, COY, MELIO, RUFFING,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, YUDICHAK, HERSHEY, CLYMER,
FRANKEL, COSTA, HARHAI AND GRUCELA, 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, establishing the crime of trafficking
3 drugs to minors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7331. Trafficking drugs to minors.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person 18 years of age or older who
10 is convicted in any court of this Commonwealth of a violation of
11 section 13(a)(14) or (30) of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
12 No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
13 Cosmetic Act, commits an offense in addition to the violation of
14 section 13(a)(14) or (30) if the delivery or possession with
15 intent to deliver was to a minor and was committed within 1,000
16 feet of the real property on which is located a public, private
17 or parochial school, a college or university, a playground or a
1 community recreational center. For the purposes of this
2 subsection, a community recreational center is a multipurpose
3 public building used for the primary purpose of attracting a
4 captive group of children under the age of 18 for leisure
5 activities that include, but are not limited to, moral
6 development, physical, educational and vocational counseling and
7 community-based services.
8 (b) Grading.--The offense defined in subsection (a) is a
9 felony of the second degree.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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