PRINTER'S NO. 1454
No. 1215 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, ITKIN, CIVERA, LESCOVITZ, SHOWERS,
SEVENTY, E. Z. TAYLOR, FARGO, STABACK, DALEY, SWEET, DISTLER,
SEMMEL, SCHEETZ, PISTELLA, ACOSTA, HOWLETT, BLACK, STEIGHNER
AND WIGGINS, MAY 28, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 28, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the connection of
3 automatic alarms to automatic telephone dialing systems set
4 to call the general public emergency number.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 7508. Connection of alarms to dialing systems which call the
10 general public emergency number.
11 A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he
12 connects, or permits the connection of, an automatic alarm to an
13 automatic telephone dialing system, which is set to call an
14 emergency telephone number established in a municipality as the
15 number for the general public to call in order to obtain
16 emergency police, ambulance or fire responses.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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