PRINTER'S NO.  282

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

327

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY THOMAS, CLYMER AND SWANGER, JANUARY 31, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in liability for tortious acts of

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children, further providing for establishing liability in

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criminal or juvenile proceedings.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 5503 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

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§ 5503.  Establishing liability in criminal or juvenile

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proceedings.

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(c)  Limitation on duration of order.--Any order for

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restitution entered against a parent for the tortious acts of a

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child pursuant to subsection (a) or the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S.

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Ch. 63 (relating to juvenile matters) or 97 (relating to

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sentencing) shall terminate on the date on which the child

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reaches 21 years of age.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.