PRINTER'S NO. 412
No. 398 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, COSTA, LEMMOND, RAFFERTY, ORIE, WAUGH,
WOZNIAK, TARTAGLIONE AND LOGAN, MARCH 4, 2003
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 4, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting certain 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.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
10 a person commits a summary offense if he knowingly, with the
11 intent to harass, annoy or alarm, shines a laser pointer at
12 another person.
13 (b) Grading.--If the offense in subsection (a) is committed
14 against a police officer, the offense shall be a misdemeanor of
15 the third degree.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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