PRINTER'S NO. 2078
No. 1691 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY COY, GEORGE, FAIRCHILD, CALTAGIRONE, NAILOR,
CAPPELLI, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BROWNE, BUNT, CLYMER,
COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, DALEY, EGOLF, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERSHEY,
HORSEY, KENNEY, McCALL, MELIO, PALLONE, PISTELLA, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SHANER, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, THOMAS, TRELLO,
WANSACZ, WASHINGTON, C. WILLIAMS, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 4, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 4, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for theft of fuel.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
6 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
7 § 3935. Theft of fuel.
8 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of theft
9 of fuel if he dispenses fuel into the fuel tank of a motor
10 vehicle or into a container and leaves the premises of the
11 establishment which offered the fuel for sale without making
12 payment for the fuel.
13 (b) Grading.--An offense under this section is:
14 (1) A summary offense when the offense is a first
15 offense.
1 (2) A misdemeanor of the second degree when the offense
2 is a second offense. In addition to any other fines or
3 penalties which may be imposed, a person shall receive a six-
4 month suspension of their driver's license.
5 (3) A felony of the third degree when the offense is a
6 third offense. In addition to any other fines or penalties
7 which may be imposed, a person shall receive a one-year
8 suspension of their driver's license.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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