PRINTER'S NO. 2507
No. 1929 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY HARPER, L. I. COHEN, M. DAILEY, MACKERETH, THOMAS,
BISHOP, BROWNE, CLARK, M. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CREIGHTON,
CURRY, DALLY, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY,
HORSEY, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, MANN, MARSICO, McGILL,
MELIO, MICOZZIE, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUNDY, PALLONE,
ROBERTS, SAMUELSON, SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR AND
WATSON, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for unlawful transfer of
3 weapons.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 6119. Unlawful transfer of weapons.
9 (a) Offense defined.--It shall be unlawful for a defendant
10 to transfer weapons to another to avoid turning them over to a
11 police officer or sheriff as specified in section 6108(a)(7)
12 (relating to relief) or 6113 (relating to arrest for violation
13 of order).
14 (b) Acceptance of weapons.--It shall be unlawful for a
15 person to knowingly, intentionally or recklessly accept and
16 retain possession of weapons from a defendant who has been
1 ordered by a court to relinquish such weapons pursuant to
2 section 6108(a)(7) or from a defendant who has been arrested for
3 violation of an order pursuant to section 6113. It shall be an
4 affirmative defense to a violation of this subsection if the
5 person accepted possession and then immediately notified the
6 police of the acceptance of possession of the defendant's
7 weapons.
8 (c) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
9 misdemeanor of the second degree. A person who violates
10 subsection (b) commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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