PRINTER'S NO. 3000
No. 2270 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, ARGALL, WAUGH, SAINATO, GODSHALL, READSHAW,
PESCI, DeLUCA, GIGLIOTTI, BAKER, MILLER, EGOLF, BOSCOLA,
BELFANTI, SAYLOR, DALLY, McNAUGHTON, E. Z. TAYLOR, GEIST,
BARRAR, SEYFERT, RAMOS, WOJNAROSKI, DENT, J. TAYLOR,
McILHATTAN, MAHER AND COY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the grading of
3 theft offenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3903(a.1) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3903. Grading of theft offenses.
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10 (a.1) Felony of the third degree.--Except as provided in
11 subsection (a), theft constitutes a felony of the third degree
12 if the amount involved exceeds $2,000, or if the property stolen
13 is a firearm, automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or
14 other motor-propelled vehicle, or in the case of theft by
15 receiving stolen property, if the receiver is in the business of
16 buying or selling stolen property, or if the offense is a third
17 or subsequent offense regardless of the amount involved.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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