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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, FARNESE, WAUGH, BREWSTER AND YAW, MARCH 22, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 22, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in minors, providing for the offense |
3 | of selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverages |
4 | to minors resulting in injury or death. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
8 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 6310.8. Selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed |
10 | beverages to minors resulting in injury or death. |
11 | (a) Bodily injury.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the |
12 | second degree if that person sells or furnishes any liquor or |
13 | any malt or brewed beverage to a person who: |
14 | (1) is under 21 years of age; and |
15 | (2) suffers or causes another person to suffer bodily |
16 | injury as a result of ingesting that liquor or malt or brewed |
17 | beverage. |
18 | (b) Serious bodily injury.--A person commits a misdemeanor |
19 | of the first degree if that person sells or furnishes any liquor |
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1 | or any malt or brewed beverage to a person who: |
2 | (1) is under 21 years of age; and |
3 | (2) suffers or causes another person to suffer serious |
4 | bodily injury as a result of ingesting that liquor or malt or |
5 | brewed beverage. |
6 | (c) Death.--A person commits a felony of the third degree if |
7 | that person sells or furnishes any liquor or any malt or brewed |
8 | beverage to a person who: |
9 | (1) is under 21 years of age; and |
10 | (2) dies or causes the death of another person as a |
11 | result of ingesting that liquor or malt or brewed beverage. |
12 | (d) Exception.--The provisions of this section shall not |
13 | apply to any religious service or ceremony: |
14 | (1) conducted in a private home or a place of worship; |
15 | and |
16 | (2) in which the amount of wine served does not exceed |
17 | the amount reasonably, customarily and traditionally required |
18 | as an integral part of the service or ceremony. |
19 | (e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following |
20 | words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this |
21 | subsection: |
22 | "Bodily injury." As defined in section 2301 (relating to |
23 | definitions). |
24 | "Serious bodily injury." As defined in section 2301 |
25 | (relating to definitions). |
26 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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