PRINTER'S NO. 375
No. 362 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, HANNA, ROBINSON, McGILL, TRICH, SHANER,
HARHAI, LESCOVITZ, SOLOBAY, BASTIAN, WALKO, HENNESSEY AND
LEDERER, FEBRUARY 8, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for criminal
3 mischief.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3304(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3304. Criminal mischief.
9 * * *
10 (b) Grading.--Criminal mischief is a felony of the [third]
11 second degree if the actor intentionally causes pecuniary loss
12 in excess of $5,000, or a substantial interruption or impairment
13 of public communication, transportation, supply of water, gas or
14 power, or other public service. It is a misdemeanor of the
15 second degree if the actor intentionally causes pecuniary loss
16 in excess of $1,000, or a misdemeanor of the third degree if he
17 intentionally or recklessly causes pecuniary loss in excess of
18 $500 or causes a loss in excess of $150 for a violation of
1 subsection (a)(4). Otherwise criminal mischief is a summary
2 offense.
3 Section 2. The amendment of 18 Pa.C.S. § 3304(b) shall apply
4 to offenses committed on or after the effective date of this
5 act.
6 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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