Bill Text: PA SB490 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for retail theft.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to JUDICIARY [SB490 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB490-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 491
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 490 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, BREWSTER, ORIE, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE AND WAUGH, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, further providing for retail theft.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3929(b)(1.1) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3929. Retail theft.
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(b) Grading.--
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(1.1) Any person who is convicted under subsection (a)
of retail theft of motor fuel may, in addition to any other
penalty imposed, be sentenced as follows:
(i) For a first offense, to pay a fine of not less
than $100 nor more than $250 and to have the person's
operating privilege suspended for 30 days.
(ii) For a second offense, to pay a fine of not less
than $250 nor more than $500 and to have the person's
operating privilege suspended for 60 days.
(iii) For a third or subsequent offense, to pay a
fine of not less than $500[, or the court may order the]
and to have the person's operating privilege [of the
person] suspended [for 30 days] for one year. A copy of
the order shall be transmitted to the Department of
Transportation.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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