PRINTER'S NO. 1124
No. 1008 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY BLAUM, GEORGE, FAIRCHILD, McCALL, ROONEY,
LAUGHLIN, DALEY, ROBINSON, BISHOP, TRELLO, BATTISTO, DeLUCA,
VAN HORNE, PISTELLA, J. TAYLOR AND WOZNIAK, MARCH 6, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for criminal trespass in
3 school buildings.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3503(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3503. Criminal trespass.
9 (a) Buildings and occupied structures.--
10 (1) A person commits an offense if, knowing that he is
11 not licensed or privileged to do so, he:
12 (i) enters, gains entry by subterfuge or
13 surreptitiously remains in any building or occupied
14 structure or separately secured or occupied portion
15 thereof; [or]
16 (ii) breaks into any building or occupied structure
17 or separately secured or occupied portion thereof[.]; or
18 (iii) enters and remains without approval from an
1 authorized school official in any public or private
2 school building during school hours or after normal
3 school hours.
4 (2) An offense under paragraph (1)(i) is a felony of the
5 third degree[, and an]. An offense under paragraph (1)(ii) is
6 a felony of the second degree. An offense under paragraph
7 (1)(iii) is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
8 (3) As used in this subsection:
9 "Breaks into." To gain entry by force, breaking,
10 intimidation, unauthorized opening of locks, or through
11 an opening not designed for human access.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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