PRINTER'S NO. 420
No. 405 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, STOUT, SCHWARTZ, HECKLER, STAPLETON,
LEMMOND AND BELAN, FEBRUARY 7, 1997
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the unauthorized taking of
3 newspapers from municipal recycling containers placed for
4 collection.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 3934. Theft from municipal recycling containers.
10 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if
11 the person, without prior authorization to do so, removes any
12 newspapers that have been sorted, bundled or baled for recycling
13 or placed in a recycling container of another person which has
14 been placed for collection.
15 (b) Penalty.--A person who commits an offense under this
16 section shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300
17 or, in the alternative and at the discretion of the court, to
18 perform community service for not fewer than eight hours nor
1 more than 16 hours.
2 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
3 "municipal recycling container" means a container that is owned
4 by a municipality or a party under a contract with a
5 municipality and is clearly marked as to ownership and supplied
6 to a person for the deposit of newspapers and other materials to
7 be collected.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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