PRINTER'S NO. 844
No. 781 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, HELFRICK, MUSTO, O'PAKE, TOMLINSON AND
THOMPSON, APRIL 12, 1999
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, APRIL 12, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for grading for the
3 use of tobacco in schools.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6306.1(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
8 adding a subsection to read:
9 § 6306.1. Use of tobacco in schools prohibited.
10 * * *
11 (b) Grading.--A pupil who commits an offense under this
12 section shall be subject to prosecution initiated by the local
13 school district and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
14 a fine of not more than $50 for the benefit of the school
15 district [in which such offending pupil resides] which initiated
16 the prosecution and to pay court costs. When a pupil is charged
17 with violating subsection (a), the court may admit the offender
18 to an adjudication alternative as authorized under 42 Pa.C.S. §
1 1520 (relating to adjudication alternative program) in lieu of
2 imposing the fine.
3 (b.1) Enforcement.--The joint board, board of directors or
4 school board shall designate, by resolution, who is authorized
5 to enforce this section.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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