PRINTER'S NO. 2616
No. 1894 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY LENTZ, BAKER, BELFANTI, BRENNAN, CASORIO,
FABRIZIO, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GEIST, GRUCELA, HORNAMAN, KORTZ,
MICOZZIE, MUNDY, MURT, QUINN, RAYMOND, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH,
WAGNER AND WATSON, OCTOBER 15, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
OCTOBER 15, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 sentences for offenses against elderly persons.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9717 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 9717. Sentences for offenses against elderly persons.
9 * * *
10 (c) Sentencing enhancement.--The Pennsylvania Commission on
11 Sentencing shall provide for a sentencing enhancement for crimes
12 of violence as defined in section 9714(g) (relating to sentences
13 for second and subsequent offenses) and for theft offenses
14 enumerated in 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 39 (relating to theft and related
15 offenses) when the offense is committed by a person who is under
16 60 years of age and the victim is a person 60 years of age or
17 older.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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