PRINTER'S NO. 435
No. 405 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY NOYE, MOEHLMANN, PRATT, DORR, LESCOVITZ, PHILLIPS
AND MOWERY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of theft of
3 telecommunication service.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 3934. Theft of telecommunication service.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits theft of
10 telecommunication service if he intentionally obtains the
11 service for himself or for another by charging the service to an
12 existing telephone number or credit card number without the
13 authority of the subscriber to the telephone service or lawful
14 holder of the credit card.
15 (b) Grading.--
16 (1) An offense under this section constitutes a summary
17 offense when the value of the services obtained or diverted
18 is less than $50.
1 (2) When the value of the services obtained or diverted
2 is $50 or more, the grading of the offense shall be as
3 established in section 3903 (relating to grading of theft
4 offenses).
5 (3) Amounts involved in theft of services committed
6 pursuant to one scheme or course of conduct, whether from the
7 same person or several persons, may be aggregated in
8 determining the grade of the offense.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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