PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 181
PRINTER'S NO. 269
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
8
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY FOLMER, SCARNATI, LEACH, VULAKOVICH,
RESCHENTHALER, WAGNER, LAUGHLIN, STEFANO, BREWSTER,
BARTOLOTTA, BOSCOLA, MENSCH AND BROWNE, JANUARY 26, 2017
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 31, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Titles 4 (Amusements), 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 30
(Fish), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 75
(Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,
extensively revising forfeiture provisions as follows: in
administration and enforcement relating to gaming, further
providing for prohibited acts and penalties; in inchoate
crimes, further providing for the offense of manufacture,
distribution, use or possession of devices for theft of
telecommunications services; in assault, further providing
for the offense of terrorism; in loss of property rights
relating to sexual offenses, further providing for general
rule and repealing provisions relating to process and
seizure, to custody of property and to disposal of property;
in forgery and fraudulent practices, further providing for
the offenses of copying and recording devices and for
trademark counterfeiting; in riot, disorderly conduct and
related offenses, further providing for the offense of
gambling devices, gambling, etc.; in wiretapping and
electronic surveillance, further providing for seizure and
forfeiture of electronic, mechanical or other devices; in
minors, further providing for sentencing and penalties for
trafficking drugs to minors; in nuisances, further providing
for the offense of scattering rubbish; in other offenses,
further providing for drug trafficking sentencing and
penalties; in vehicle chop shop and illegally obtained and
altered property, further providing for loss of property
rights to Commonwealth and repealing provisions relating to
procedure with respect to seized property subject to liens
and rights of lienholders; in enforcement relating to Fish
and Boat Code, further providing for forfeiture of fish and
devices; in actions, proceedings and other matters generally
relating to Judicial Code, providing for forfeiture of
assets; in forfeitures, repealing provisions relating to
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