PRINTER'S NO. 2846
No. 2183 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY S. MILLER, TRUE, SCHRODER, E. Z. TAYLOR, BATTISTO,
EGOLF, HARHAI, LEDERER, McILHATTAN, MELIO, RAMOS, READSHAW,
STERN, J. TAYLOR, TRELLO, WILLIAMS AND WILT, JANUARY 18, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 18, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the penalties
3 relating to the offense of purchase, consumption, possession
4 or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 6308(a) and (b) of Title 18 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of
10 liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
11 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a [summary offense]
12 violation of this section if he, being less than 21 years of
13 age, attempts to purchase, purchases, consumes, possesses or
14 knowingly and intentionally transports any liquor or malt or
15 brewed beverages, as defined in section 6310.6 (relating to
16 definitions).
17 (b) Penalty.--In addition to the penalty imposed pursuant to
18 section 6310.4 (relating to restriction of operating
1 privileges), a person convicted of violating subsection (a) [may
2 be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500 for the second
3 and each subsequent violation.] is guilty of a summary offense
4 when the offense is a first offense; a misdemeanor of the third
5 degree when the offense is a second offense; and a misdemeanor
6 of the second degree when the offense is a third or subsequent
7 offense.
8 * * *
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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