PRINTER'S NO. 24
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
43
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, TEPLITZ, BREWSTER, FONTANA, WILEY,
STACK, BLAKE, SCHWANK, COSTA, BOSCOLA, HUGHES, FOLMER,
TARTAGLIONE, SMITH, FARNESE, STEFANO AND RAFFERTY,
JANUARY 14, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights,
further providing for wearing of uniforms and insignia.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6701 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6701. [Wearing of uniforms and insignia] Uniforms, insignia
and military decorations or medals.
[A] (a) Offense defined.--Except as provided under
subsection (b), a person is guilty of a summary offense if,
without authority, he:
(1) wears or displays the uniform, decoration, insignia
or other distinctive emblem of any branch of the armed forces
of the United States or of any of the several states, or of
any association, for the purpose of obtaining aid or profit,
or while soliciting contributions or subscriptions; or
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