PRINTER'S NO. 896
No. 769 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY BUNT, CAPPELLI, CAWLEY, DERMODY, HARRIS, LAUGHLIN,
LEH, READSHAW, SAINATO, SOLOBAY, T. STEVENSON AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MARCH 6, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for gambling
3 devices.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5513(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5513. Gambling devices, gambling, etc.
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10 (c) Antique slot machines.--
11 (1) A slot machine shall be established as an antique
12 slot machine if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the
13 evidence that it was manufactured at least [25] 20 years
14 before the current year and that it was not used or attempted
15 to be used for any unlawful purposes. Notwithstanding
16 subsection (b), no antique slot machine seized from any
17 defendant shall be destroyed or otherwise altered until the
18 defendant is given an opportunity to establish that the slot
1 machine is an antique slot machine. After a final court
2 determination that the slot machine is an antique slot
3 machine, the slot machine shall be returned pursuant to the
4 provisions of law providing for the return of property;
5 otherwise, the slot machine shall be destroyed.
6 (2) It is the purpose of this subsection to protect the
7 collection and restoration of antique slot machines not
8 presently utilized for gambling purposes.
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10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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