PRINTER'S NO. 377
No. 364 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, WOZNIAK, COSTA, CORMAN, BOSCOLA, MOWERY, LOGAN AND RHOADES, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for an offense relating to 3 contraband. 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 § 914. Contraband. 9 (a) Offenses.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the second 10 degree if that person receives, retains, possesses or disposes 11 of any movable property: 12 (1) Knowing that the movable property: 13 (i) is contraband; or 14 (ii) contains contraband. 15 (2) Believing that the movable property probably 16 contains contraband. 17 (b) Exception.--This section shall not constitute a 18 violation when the performer is a law enforcement officer acting
1 in the scope of his assigned duties. 2 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term 3 "contraband" means any property: 4 (1) That is unlawful to produce or possess. 5 (2) That the possession of that property is lawful, but 6 that property was used or possessed in perpetration of an 7 unlawful act. 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A17L18SFL/20010S0364B0377 - 2 -