PRINTER'S NO. 3925
No. 2838 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY TULLI, THOMAS, DEMPSEY, FICHTER, BUXTON, MYERS,
WOJNAROSKI, HENNESSEY, WALKO, ZUG, KIRKLAND, LEDERER,
E. Z. TAYLOR, DALEY, MELIO, PRESTON, GEIST, STERN, READSHAW,
RUBLEY, YOUNGBLOOD, L. I. COHEN, HARHAI, C. WILLIAMS,
McNAUGHTON, J. TAYLOR, SEYFERT, B. SMITH AND SEMMEL,
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, providing for selling or furnishing
3 laser pointer to minor.
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 § 6315.1. Selling or furnishing laser pointer to minor.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if
10 he knowingly sells or furnishes or purchases with the intent to
11 sell or furnish a laser pointer to a person who is less than 18
12 years of age except where the relationship of parent and child,
13 guardian and ward or adult instructor and pupil exists between
14 such person and the person who is less than 18 years of age.
15 (b) Penalty.--A person who is convicted of violating
16 subsection (a) shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
1 $250 nor more than $500 for the first violation and a fine of
2 $500 for each subsequent violation.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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