PRINTER'S NO. 43
No. 35 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, COSTA, MUSTO, TARTAGLIONE, RAFFERTY, RHOADES, KITCHEN AND LOGAN, JANUARY 23, 2003
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2003
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the illegal use of a laser 3 pointer. 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 § 5518. Use of a laser pointer. 9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if that 10 person knowingly, with the intent to harass, annoy or alarm, 11 shines a laser pointer at another person. 12 (b) Grading.-- 13 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an offense 14 under subsection (a) is a summary offense. 15 (2) If the offense in subsection (a) is committed 16 against a person operating a motor vehicle, the offense shall 17 be a misdemeanor of the third degree. 18 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "laser
1 pointer" means a handheld device that emits a laser beam.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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