PRINTER'S NO. 329
No. 322 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, THOMAS, SEYFERT, MASLAND, CORRIGAN,
MICOZZIE, HENNESSEY, C. WILLIAMS, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO,
STERN, MAHER, STABACK, STEELMAN, PISTELLA, CIVERA, WILT AND
M. COHEN, FEBRUARY 3, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, FEBRUARY 3, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for grading for the
3 use of tobacco in schools.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6306.1(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
8 adding a subsection to read:
9 § 6306.1. Use of tobacco in schools prohibited.
10 * * *
11 (b) Grading.--A pupil who commits an offense under this
12 section shall be subject to prosecution initiated by the local
13 school district and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
14 a fine of not more than $50 for the benefit of the school
15 district [in which such offending pupil resides] which initiated
16 the prosecution and to pay court costs. When a pupil is charged
17 with violating subsection (a), the court may admit the offender
1 to an adjudication alternative as authorized under 42 Pa.C.S. §
2 1520 (relating to adjudication alternative program) in lieu of
3 imposing the fine.
4 (b.1) Enforcement.--The joint board, board of directors or
5 school board shall designate, by resolution, the person who is
6 authorized to enforce this section.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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