PRINTER'S NO. 3912
No. 2825 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, THOMAS, ORIE, E. Z. TAYLOR, FICHTER,
GEIST, TRELLO, RUBLEY, KENNEY, EGOLF, C. WILLIAMS, KELLER,
CASORIO, SAYLOR, SEYFERT, GODSHALL, MAHER, RAMOS, M. COHEN,
HARHAI AND SAINATO, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of theft from a
3 motor vehicle; and providing penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 3934. Theft from a motor vehicle.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of theft
10 from a motor vehicle if he unlawfully takes possession of,
11 carries away or exercises unlawful control over any movable
12 property of another from a motor vehicle with the intent to
13 deprive him thereof.
14 (b) Grading.--
15 (1) An offense under this section is:
16 (i) a misdemeanor of the third degree, if the amount
17 involved was less than $50; or
1 (ii) a misdemeanor of the second degree, if the
2 amount involved was $50 or more but less than $200; or
3 (iii) a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the
4 amount involved was greater than $200.
5 (2) When the offense is a third or subsequent offense
6 within a five-year period, regardless of the amount involved
7 and regardless of the grading of the prior offenses, an
8 offense under this section is a misdemeanor of the first
9 degree.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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