PRINTER'S NO. 1502
No. 1319 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY SEMMEL, ARGALL, PISTELLA, NAILOR, BELARDI,
GODSHALL, B. SMITH, E. Z. TAYLOR, RUBLEY, HERSHEY, BARD AND
RAMOS, APRIL 15, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 15, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the unauthorized taking of
3 items of value from municipal recycling containers placed for
4 collection.
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 § 3934. Theft from municipal recycling containers.
10 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if
11 the person, without authorization to do so, removes any item of
12 value from a municipal recycling container of another person
13 which has been placed for collection.
14 (b) Penalty.--A person committing an offense under this
15 section shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $300 or,
16 in the alternative and at the discretion of the court, to
17 perform community service for not less than eight hours nor more
18 than 16 hours.
1 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
2 "municipal recycling container" means a container that is owned
3 by a municipality or a party under contract with a municipality
4 and is clearly marked as to ownership and supplied to a person
5 for the deposit of materials to be collected.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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