PRINTER'S NO. 1403

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1264 Session of 1981


        INTRODUCED BY CIMINI, APRIL 22, 1981

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 22, 1981

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, permitting any person to
     3     see the court files and records of a child charged with
     4     committing certain offenses.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 6307 of Title 42, act of November 25,
     8  1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     9  Statutes, is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
    10  § 6307.  Inspection of court files and records.
    11     All files and records of the court in a proceeding under this
    12  chapter are open to inspection only by:
    13     * * *
    14         (7)  Any person when the child is charged with
    15     committing:
    16             (i)  a felony;
    17             (ii)  a crime involving bodily injury to another
    18         person;


     1             (iii) a crime involving property damage exceeding
     2         $500; or
     3             (iv)  any crime and has previously been charged with
     4         committing a misdemeanor or felony.
     5     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

















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