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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 361 | PRINTER'S NO. 469 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, DENLINGER, FARRY, HARHART, HARKINS, JOSEPHS, KILLION, MILLER, PICKETT, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, QUINN, GEIST AND GABLER, FEBRUARY 2, 2011 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 8, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for purchase, |
3 | consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt |
4 | or brewed beverages. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Section 6308 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania |
8 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
9 | § 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of |
10 | liquor or malt or brewed beverages. |
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12 | (f) Exception for person seeking medical attention for |
13 | another.--A person shall be immune from prosecution for |
14 | consumption or possession under subsection (a) if he can | <-- |
15 | establish the following: |
16 | (1) The sole means for law enforcement officers to |
17 | become aware of the person's violation of subsection (a) is |
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1 | because the person placed a 911 call and reported that |
2 | another person was in need of medical assistance due to |
3 | alcohol consumption. |
4 | (2) The person reasonably believed he was the first | <-- |
5 | person to make a 911 call and report that a person needed |
6 | medical assistance due to alcohol consumption. |
7 | (3) The person provided his own name to the 911 |
8 | operator. |
9 | (4) The person remained with the person needing medical |
10 | assistance until emergency health care providers arrived and |
11 | the need for his presence had ended. |
12 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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