PRINTER'S NO. 186
No. 192 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, JANUARY 23, 1997
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for confiscation of tobacco
3 in the possession of a minor.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6305 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6305. Sale of tobacco and possession by a minor.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary
10 offense if he:
11 (1) sells tobacco, in any form, to any minor under the
12 age of 18 years;
13 (2) by purchase, gift or other means, furnishes tobacco,
14 in any form, to a minor under the age of 18 years; or
15 (3) knowingly and falsely represents himself to be 18
16 years of age or older to another for the purpose of procuring
17 or having furnished to him tobacco in any form.
18 (b) Penalty.--
1 (1) A person who violates this section shall, upon
2 conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25
3 for a first offense and not less than $100 for a subsequent
4 offense.
5 (2) Tobacco found in the possession of a minor may be
6 confiscated by a law enforcement officer.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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