Bill Text: PA SB489 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting the illegal use of laser pointer.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to JUDICIARY [SB489 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB489-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 490
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 489 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, BREWSTER, KITCHEN, RAFFERTY, SOLOBAY AND TARTAGLIONE, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the illegal use of laser
pointer.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 5518. Use of laser pointer.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if that
person knowingly, with the intent to harass, annoy or alarm,
shines a laser pointer at another person.
(b) Grading.--
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an offense
under subsection (a) is a summary offense.
(2) If the offense in subsection (a) is committed
against a person operating a motor vehicle, the offense shall
be a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "laser
pointer" means a handheld device that emits a laser beam.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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