Bill Text: PA HB79 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In operation of boats, further providing for operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled substance.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-25 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB79 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB79-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1289
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 79 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BENNINGHOFF, BAKER, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DONATUCCI, GEIST, HESS, HORNAMAN, KAVULICH, KULA, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, PASHINSKI, QUINN, SWANGER, TALLMAN AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 25, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 25, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in operation of boats, further providing for
operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or controlled
substance.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5502(d) of Title 30 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5502. Operating watercraft under influence of alcohol or
controlled substance.
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(d) Subsequent conviction.--Acceptance of Accelerated
Rehabilitative Disposition, an adjudication of delinquency or a
consent decree under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 or any other form of
preliminary disposition of any charge brought under this section
or a conviction or guilty plea under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3802 (relating
to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance)
shall be considered a first conviction for the purpose of
computing whether a subsequent conviction of a violation of this
section shall be considered a second, third or subsequent
conviction.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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