PRINTER'S NO. 897
No. 814 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY HAGARTY, BLAUM, CALTAGIRONE, HECKLER, MAIALE,
O'BRIEN, WOGAN, CLARK, NAILOR, DEMPSEY, PESCI, BUSH, FARMER,
FARGO, MARSICO, TRELLO, CAWLEY, GEIST, GODSHALL, BELARDI,
JAROLIN, MERRY, BILLOW, JOHNSON, GLADECK, HERMAN, RAYMOND,
FAIRCHILD, E. Z. TAYLOR, PITTS, NOYE, SCHEETZ, J. TAYLOR,
CIVERA, BATTISTO, HASAY, NICKOL, NAHILL, CORNELL AND
M. N. WRIGHT, MARCH 18, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 18, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 effect of adjudication in certain juvenile matters.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6354 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6354. Effect of adjudication.
9 (a) General rule.--An order of disposition or other
10 adjudication in a proceeding under this chapter is not a
11 conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability
12 ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify
13 the child in any civil service application or appointment.
14 (b) Effect in subsequent judicial matters.--The disposition
15 of a child under this chapter may not be used against him in any
16 [proceeding in any court other than at a subsequent juvenile
1 hearing, whether before or after reaching majority, except:
2 (1) in dispositional proceedings after conviction of a
3 felony for the purposes of a presentence investigation and
4 report; or
5 (2) if relevant, where he has put his reputation or
6 character in issue in a civil matter.]
7 civil proceeding, whether before or after reaching majority,
8 except, if relevant, where he has put his reputation or
9 character in issue.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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