PRINTER'S NO. 420
No. 405 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, STOUT, SCHWARTZ, HECKLER, STAPLETON, LEMMOND AND BELAN, FEBRUARY 7, 1997
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 1997
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the unauthorized taking of 3 newspapers from municipal recycling containers placed for 4 collection. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 9 § 3934. Theft from municipal recycling containers. 10 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if 11 the person, without prior authorization to do so, removes any 12 newspapers that have been sorted, bundled or baled for recycling 13 or placed in a recycling container of another person which has 14 been placed for collection. 15 (b) Penalty.--A person who commits an offense under this 16 section shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 17 or, in the alternative and at the discretion of the court, to 18 perform community service for not fewer than eight hours nor
1 more than 16 hours. 2 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term 3 "municipal recycling container" means a container that is owned 4 by a municipality or a party under a contract with a 5 municipality and is clearly marked as to ownership and supplied 6 to a person for the deposit of newspapers and other materials to 7 be collected. 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A16L18WMB/19970S0405B0420 - 2 -