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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2490 | PRINTER'S NO. 3334 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, BAKER, BOYD, CLYMER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAHER, MILNE, PYLE, SAYLOR, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, WATSON, SWANGER, GROVE, LAWRENCE, VULAKOVICH, RAPP, ROCK AND DENLINGER, OCTOBER 4, 2011 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 2, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in administration and enforcement, further |
3 | providing for prohibited acts and penalties. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 1518(b)(1)(ii) and (2) of Title 4 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and subsection |
8 | (a) is amended by adding a paragraph to read: |
9 | § 1518. Prohibited acts; penalties. |
10 | (a) Criminal offenses.-- |
11 | * * * |
12 | (18) It shall be unlawful for any appointee, designee or | <-- |
13 | employee of the board, the bureau or the Office of |
14 | Enforcement Counsel person to: | <-- |
15 | (i) knowingly make a false entry in, or false | <-- |
16 | alteration of, any record, document or thing belonging |
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1 | to, or received or kept by, the board or the department |
2 | for information or record; |
3 | (i) knowingly make a false entry in, or false | <-- |
4 | alteration of, any record or document prepared for, |
5 | belonging or submitted to, or received or kept by, the |
6 | board or the department; |
7 | (ii) make, present or use any record, document or | <-- |
8 | thing or document knowing it to be false, in whole or in | <-- |
9 | part, and with the intent that it be taken as a genuine | <-- |
10 | part of information or records any record or document | <-- |
11 | referred to in subparagraph (i); or |
12 | (iii) intentionally and unlawfully destroy, conceal, | <-- |
13 | alter, modify, remove or otherwise impair the verity or |
14 | availability of any such record, document or thing. |
15 | (iii) without written authorization from the board | <-- |
16 | or department, intentionally destroy, conceal, alter, |
17 | modify, remove or otherwise impair the verity or |
18 | availability of any record or document referred to in |
19 | subparagraph (i). |
20 | (b) Criminal penalties and fines.-- |
21 | (1) * * * |
22 | (ii) A person that violates subsection (a)(2) |
23 | through (12) [or], (17) or (18) commits a misdemeanor of |
24 | the first degree. A person that is convicted of a second |
25 | or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(2) through (12) |
26 | [or], (17) or (18) commits a felony of the second degree. |
27 | (2) (i) For a first violation of subsection (a)(1) |
28 | through (12) [or], (17) or (18), a person shall be |
29 | sentenced to pay a fine of: |
30 | (A) not less than $75,000 nor more than $150,000 |
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1 | if the person is an individual; |
2 | (B) not less than $300,000 nor more than |
3 | $600,000 if the person is a licensed gaming entity; |
4 | or |
5 | (C) not less than $150,000 nor more than |
6 | $300,000 if the person is a licensed manufacturer or |
7 | supplier. |
8 | (ii) For a second or subsequent violation of |
9 | subsection (a)(1) through (12) [or], (17) or (18), a |
10 | person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of: |
11 | (A) not less than $150,000 nor more than |
12 | $300,000 if the person is an individual; |
13 | (B) not less than $600,000 nor more than |
14 | $1,200,000 if the person is a licensed gaming entity; |
15 | or |
16 | (C) not less than $300,000 nor more than |
17 | $600,000 if the person is a licensed manufacturer or |
18 | supplier. |
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20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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