Bill Text: PA SB941 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for public drunkenness and similar misconduct and for purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-10-25 - Act No. 205 [SB941 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB941-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1116
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 941 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, DINNIMAN, ERICKSON, TOMLINSON, VANCE, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA AND BREWSTER, APRIL 28, 2011
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 28, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for public
drunkenness and similar misconduct and for 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. Sections 5505 and 6308(b) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 5505. Public drunkenness and similar misconduct.
A person is guilty of a summary offense if he appears in any
public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol or a
controlled substance, as defined in the act of April 14, 1972
(P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Act, except those taken pursuant to the
lawful order of a practitioner, as defined in The Controlled
Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, to the degree that he
may endanger himself or other persons or property, or annoy
persons in his vicinity. A person convicted of violating this
section may be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000.
§ 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of
liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
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(b) Penalty.--In addition to the penalty imposed pursuant to
section 6310.4 (relating to restriction of operating
privileges), a person convicted of violating subsection (a) may
be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than [$500 for the second
and each subsequent violation] $1,000.
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Section 2. The amendment of 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 5505 and 6308(b)
shall apply to offenses committed on or after the effective date
of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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