PRINTER'S NO. 3989
No. 2830 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, CALTAGIRONE, MOEHLMANN, GRUPPO AND
BATTISTO, JULY 1, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JULY 1, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the unauthorized taking of
3 items of value from municipal recycling containers placed for
4 collection.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 3934. Theft from municipal recycling containers.
10 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if
11 the person, without authorization to do so, removes any item of
12 value from a municipal recycling container of another person
13 which has been placed for collection.
14 (b) Penalty.--A person committing an offense under this
15 section shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $300 or,
16 in the alternative and at the discretion of the court, to
17 perform community service for not less than eight hours nor more
18 than 16 hours.
1 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
2 "municipal recycling container" means a container owned by a
3 municipality or a party under contract with a municipality which
4 container is clearly marked as to ownership and supplied to a
5 person for the deposit of materials to be collected.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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