Bill Text: PA HB562 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for grading the offense of impersonating a public servant.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 38-15)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-23 - Referred to JUDICIARY [HB562 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB562-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 611
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 562 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BEYER, BAKER, BARRAR, BOYD, BRENNAN, CLYMER, DALLY, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRELL, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HARKINS, HARPER, HARRIS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, M. KELLER, KORTZ, KOTIK, MANN, MARSICO, MELIO, MENSCH, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MURT, O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PAYNE, PEIFER, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROSS, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, STERN, SWANGER, VEREB, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 23, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for grading the
offense of impersonating a public servant.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4912 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4912. Impersonating a public servant.
(a) Offenses defined.--A person commits [a misdemeanor of
the second degree if he] the offense of impersonating a public
servant if:
(1) The person falsely pretends to hold a position in
the public service with intent to induce another to submit to
such pretended official authority or otherwise to act in
reliance upon that pretense [to his prejudice].
(2) The person falsely pretends to be a member of law
enforcement with intent to induce another to submit to such
pretended official authority or otherwise act in reliance
upon that pretense.
(b) Grading.--An offense under subsection (a)(1) is a
misdemeanor of the second degree. An offense under subsection
(a)(2) is a felony of the third degree.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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