PRINTER'S NO. 2108
No. 1677 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY ZORD, ECKENSBERGER, CUMBERLAND, CIMINI, FISHER,
CESSAR, ROMANELLI, MISCEVICH, DAVIS AND ZELLER, JULY 23, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JUSTICE, JULY 23, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for penalties as to
3 crimes committed with firearms.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1103 of Title 18, act of November 25,
7 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes, added December 6, 1972 (P.L.1482, No.334), is amended
9 to read:
10 § 1103. Sentence of imprisonment for felony.
11 (a) A person who has been convicted of a felony may be
12 sentenced to imprisonment as follows:
13 (1) In the case of a felony of the first degree, for a
14 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than 20
15 years.
16 (2) In the case of a felony of the second degree, for a
17 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than ten
18 years.
1 (3) In the case of a felony of the third degree, for a
2 term which shall be fixed by the court at not more than seven
3 years.
4 (b) A person who has been convicted of any felony when armed
5 with a firearm shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum
6 sentence of two years and shall not be eligible for probation,
7 parole or any pre-release program outside of the institution to
8 which he was sentenced.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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