PRINTER'S NO. 4010
No. 2851 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY R. C. WRIGHT, RAYMOND, DURHAM, ADOLPH, MICOZZIE,
FREIND, CARN, OLIVER, DONATUCCI, RIEGER, ROEBUCK, EVANS,
RICHARDSON, LINTON, ACOSTA, HUGHES, JAMES AND GANNON,
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, further providing for violation
3 penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6119 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 7, 1989 (P.L.607,
8 No.68), is amended to read:
9 § 6119. Violation penalty.
10 (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise specifically
11 provided, an offense under this subchapter constitutes a
12 misdemeanor of the first degree.
13 (b) Preliminary hearing or arraignment.--The presiding
14 judicial officer at the hearing or preliminary arraignment,
15 relating to any charge of a violation of section 6106 (relating
16 to firearms not to be carried without a license) or possession
17 of any pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle in violation of any
1 applicable Federal or State law, shall not reduce or modify the
2 original charges.
3 (c) Additional fine.--In addition to any fines and costs
4 imposed by the court, an individual who violates section 6106 or
5 possesses any pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle in violation of
6 any applicable Federal or State law shall be ordered to pay an
7 additional fine of $25 which shall be paid to the Pennsylvania
8 State Police for the purpose of establishing a hotline for
9 reporting the illegal possession of a pistol, revolver, shotgun
10 or rifle or the unlawful carrying of a firearm without a permit.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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