THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, BAKER, BOYD, CLYMER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAHER, MILNE, PYLE, SAYLOR, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, WATSON, SWANGER, GROVE, LAWRENCE, VULAKOVICH, RAPP, ROCK AND DENLINGER, OCTOBER 4, 2011

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 2, 2012   

AN ACT

Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in administration and enforcement, further

providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1518(b)(1)(ii) and (2) of Title 4 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and subsection

(a) is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

§ 1518.  Prohibited acts; penalties.

(a)  Criminal offenses.--

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(18)  It shall be unlawful for any appointee, designee or

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employee of the board, the bureau or the Office of

Enforcement Counsel person to:

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(i)  knowingly make a false entry in, or false

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alteration of, any record, document or thing belonging

to, or received or kept by, the board or the department

for information or record;

(i)  knowingly make a false entry in, or false

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alteration of, any record or document prepared for,

belonging or submitted to, or received or kept by, the

board or the department;

(ii)  make, present or use any record, document or

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thing or document knowing it to be false, in whole or in

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part, and with the intent that it be taken as a genuine

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part of information or records any record or document 

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referred to in subparagraph (i); or

(iii)  intentionally and unlawfully destroy, conceal,

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alter, modify, remove or otherwise impair the verity or

availability of any such record, document or thing.

(iii)  without written authorization from the board

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or department, intentionally destroy, conceal, alter,

modify, remove or otherwise impair the verity or

availability of any record or document referred to in

subparagraph (i).

(b)  Criminal penalties and fines.--

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(ii)  A person that violates subsection (a)(2)

through (12) [or], (17) or (18) commits a misdemeanor of

the first degree. A person that is convicted of a second

or subsequent violation of subsection (a)(2) through (12)

[or], (17) or (18) commits a felony of the second degree.

(2)  (i)  For a first violation of subsection (a)(1)

through (12) [or], (17) or (18), a person shall be

sentenced to pay a fine of:

(A)  not less than $75,000 nor more than $150,000

if the person is an individual;

(B)  not less than $300,000 nor more than

$600,000 if the person is a licensed gaming entity;

or

(C)  not less than $150,000 nor more than

$300,000 if the person is a licensed manufacturer or

supplier.

(ii)  For a second or subsequent violation of

subsection (a)(1) through (12) [or], (17) or (18), a

person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of:

(A)  not less than $150,000 nor more than

$300,000 if the person is an individual;

(B)  not less than $600,000 nor more than

$1,200,000 if the person is a licensed gaming entity;

or

(C)  not less than $300,000 nor more than

$600,000 if the person is a licensed manufacturer or

supplier.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.