PRINTER'S NO. 2295
No. 1853 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY ALDEN, FREIND, GANNON AND PERZEL, OCTOBER 17, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 17, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prescribing the crime of theft of
3 gasoline and providing penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707,
7 No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is
8 amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 3933. Theft of gasoline.
10 (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of theft of
11 gasoline if he unlawfully takes, or exercises unlawful control
12 over gasoline or other motor fuel of another with intent to
13 deprive him thereof.
14 (b) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this
15 section shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor
16 of the third degree and, at the discretion of the Secretary of
17 Transportation, a three month suspension of driving privileges
18 or application therefor; and for a second and subseguent offense
1 shall be quilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, and at the
2 discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, a six month
3 suspension of driving privileges or application therefor.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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