PRINTER'S NO. 1968
No. 1439 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY STAPLETON, APRIL 28, 1998
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 28, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of selling
3 or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverages to a minor
4 resulting in death of minor.
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 § 6310.8. Selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed
10 beverages to a minor resulting in death of minor.
11 (a) Offense.--A person commits a felony of the second degree
12 if he intentionally and knowingly sells or intentionally or
13 knowingly furnishes any liquor or malt or brewed beverage to a
14 minor, and that minor dies as a result of using that liquor or
15 malt or brewed beverage.
16 (b) Penalty.--A person convicted of violating this section
17 shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment
18 of five years and to pay a fine of $15,000.
1 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "minor"
2 means anyone who is under 21 years of age.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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