Bill Text: PA SB488 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: In provisions relating to minors, further providing for the offense of purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-10-05 - Removed from table [SB488 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB488-Amended.html

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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 598, 784 PRINTER'S NO. 1269
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 488 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, FERLO, WASHINGTON, BAKER, ORIE, GREENLEAF, YAW, FONTANA, M. WHITE, EARLL, O'PAKE, KITCHEN, WAUGH, PILEGGI, WONDERLING, LOGAN AND EICHELBERGER, MARCH 5, 2009
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JULY 8, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in provisions relating to minors,
further providing for the offense of purchase, consumption,
possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed
beverages.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6308 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of
liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
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(f) Exception for person seeking medical attention for
another.--A person shall be immune from prosecution for
consumption under subsection (a) if he can establish the
following:
(1) The only way law enforcement officers became aware
of the person's violation of subsection (a) is because the
person placed a 911 call, or a call to campus safety, police <--
or emergency services, in good faith, based on a reasonable
belief and reported that another person was in need of
immediate medical attention to prevent death or serious
injury.
(2) The person reasonably believed he was the first
person to make a 911 call or a call to campus safety, police <--
or emergency services, and report that a person needed
immediate medical attention to prevent death or serious
injury.
(3) The person provided his own name to the 911 operator
or equivalent campus safety, police or emergency officer. <--
(4) The person remained with the person needing medical
assistance until emergency health care providers arrived and
the need for his presence had ended.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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