PRINTER'S NO. 3044
No. 2357 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY McGILL, FICHTER, FARGO, GANNON, DENT, CORRIGAN,
FLICK, MARKOSEK, TRELLO, RAYMOND, EGOLF, SAYLOR, TRUE, FAJT,
DiGIROLAMO, BATTISTO, YOUNGBLOOD, MERRY, E. Z. TAYLOR AND
CORPORA, JANUARY 31, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 31, 1996
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for possession of
3 weapon on school property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 912 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
8 § 912. Possession of weapon on school property.
9 * * *
10 (b.1) Suspension.--Whenever an individual violates this
11 section, the court shall order the operating privilege of the
12 person suspended.
13 (b.2) Duration of suspension.--When the Department of
14 Transportation suspends the operating privilege of a person
15 under subsection (b.1), the duration of the suspension shall be
16 as follows:
17 (1) For a first offense, a period of one year.
1 (2) For a second offense, and any offense thereafter, a
2 period of two years.
3 (b.3) Nondrivers.--Any person whose record is received by
4 the Department of Transportation under subsection (b.1) and who
5 does not have a driver's license shall be ineligible to apply
6 for a learner's permit under 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1505 (relating to
7 learners' permits) and 1507 (relating to application for
8 driver's license or learner's permit by minor) for the time
9 periods specified in subsection (b.2). If the person is under 16
10 years of age when he is convicted or adjudicated delinquent or
11 admitted to a preadjudication program, his suspension of
12 operating privileges shall commence upon his 16th birthday for
13 the time periods specified in subsection (b.2).
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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