PRINTER'S NO. 1710
No. 1446 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY LESCOVITZ, CORRIGAN, GRUCELA, BELARDI, SURRA,
PESCI, E. Z. TAYLOR, ROONEY, SOLOBAY, McCALL, TRAVAGLIO,
CIVERA, GEIST, RUFFING, MELIO, M. COHEN, BELFANTI, HARHAI,
BATTISTO AND COSTA, MAY 5, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 5, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, requiring minors who
3 commit certain offenses on school property to be tried as
4 adults.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 9303. Certain offenses committed on school property.
10 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
11 juvenile 13 years of age or older who is charged with murder or
12 attempted murder, regardless of the degree or grading, of any
13 school student, school teacher, school administrator or other
14 school employee on school property or at a school-related
15 activity shall be tried as an adult.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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