PRINTER'S NO. 365
No. 356 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, VROON, PITTS AND E. H. SMITH,
FEBRUARY 2, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 2, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 injuring or tampering with fire apparatus by prohibiting
4 obstruction or interference with the operation of fire
5 apparatus or emergency vehicles.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 3305 of Title 18, act of November 25,
9 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 § 3305. Injuring, obstructing, interfering or tampering
12 with fire apparatus, emergency vehicles, hydrants, etc.
13 (a) Willful and malicious acts.--Whoever willfully and
14 maliciously cuts, injures, damages, or destroys or defaces any
15 fire hydrant or any fire hose or fire engine, or other public or
16 private fire equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to the
17 same, commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
18 (b) Obstruction and interference.--Whoever willfully
19 obstructs or interferes with the transportation or operation of
1 any fire apparatus or emergency vehicle commits a misdemeanor of
2 the third degree.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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