Bill Text: PA HB871 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to LIQUOR CONTROL [HB871 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB871-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 909
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 871 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, BAKER, CREIGHTON, DENLINGER, FLECK, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, MURT, RAPP, ROCK, STERN AND SWANGER, MARCH 1, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LIQUOR CONTROL, MARCH 1, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for prohibited acts and
penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1518(a)(14) and (b)(1)(ii) and (2) of
Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended or
added January 7, 2010 (P.L.1, No.1), are amended to read:
§ 1518. Prohibited acts; penalties.
(a) Criminal offenses.--
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(14) [(Reserved).] It shall be unlawful for a licensee
to serve liquor or malt or brewed beverages in the area of a
licensed facility in which slot machines are operated.
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(b) Criminal penalties and fines.--
(1) * * *
(ii) A person that violates subsection (a)(2)
through [(12)] (14) or (17) commits a misdemeanor of the
first degree. A person that is convicted of a second or
subsequent violation of subsection (a)(2) through [(12)]
(14) or (17) commits a felony of the second degree.
(2) (i) For a first violation of subsection (a)(1)
through [(12)] (14) or (17), a person shall be sentenced
to pay a fine of:
(A) not less than $75,000 nor more than $150,000
if the person is an individual;
(B) not less than $300,000 nor more than
$600,000 if the person is a licensed gaming entity;
or
(C) not less than $150,000 nor more than
$300,000 if the person is a licensed manufacturer or
supplier.
(ii) For a second or subsequent violation of
subsection (a)(1) through [(12)] (14) or (17), a person
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of:
(A) not less than $150,000 nor more than
$300,000 if the person is an individual;
(B) not less than $600,000 nor more than
$1,200,000 if the person is a licensed gaming entity;
or
(C) not less than $300,000 nor more than
$600,000 if the person is a licensed manufacturer or
supplier.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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