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. F27L18CHF/19900H2830B3989 - 2 -