PRINTER'S NO. 1571
No. 1420 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY NAILOR, RAYMOND, HECKLER, LAUB, GORDNER,
FAIRCHILD, MELIO, LAUGHLIN, TRELLO, MARSICO, MICHLOVIC,
BAKER, B. SMITH, GIGLIOTTI, HENNESSEY, BOYES, LYNCH, MILLER,
SCRIMENTI, NYCE, E. Z. TAYLOR, COY, LaGROTTA, RITTER,
MASLAND, BUSH, D. W. SNYDER, KING, JOSEPHS, STEELMAN,
SAURMAN, HARLEY, GEIST, EGOLF, GERLACH, TANGRETTI, FLEAGLE,
CLARK, MURPHY, OLIVER, ADOLPH, ALLEN, DEMPSEY, LUCYK, KAISER,
STABACK, ROONEY, KUKOVICH, M. COHEN, J. TAYLOR, VEON,
PICCOLA, BUXTON, KREBS, FARGO, BELARDI, MICOZZIE,
M. N. WRIGHT, CIVERA, DENT AND VANCE, APRIL 27, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 27, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the offering of live
3 animals as prizes.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5511.1. Live animals as prizes prohibited.
9 (a) General rule.--No person shall give or offer to give
10 away any live animal, except fish, as a prize in any drawing,
11 lottery, contest, sweepstakes or other game.
12 (b) Exception.--
13 (1) This section shall not apply to any domestic animal
14 given away in connection with any agricultural, educational
1 or vocational program sponsored or sanctioned by the
2 Department of Agriculture.
3 (2) The Department of Agriculture shall promulgate the
4 rules and regulations necessary to provide the conditions and
5 requirements of live animal offerings under this subsection.
6 (c) Penalty.--A violation of this section constitutes a
7 summary offense punishable by a fine of not more than $250.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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