PRINTER'S NO. 1027
No. 896 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY MACKOWSKI, BOWSER, STABACK, BATTISTO,
E. Z. TAYLOR, SCHEETZ, GODSHALL, VROON, HERSHEY, PRATT,
JOHNSON, MRKONIC, BELFANTI, FARGO, COSLETT, DISTLER, FOX,
BELARDI, FISCHER, NAHILL, RYBAK, FLICK, TELEK, PERZEL,
SEMMEL, J. J. TAYLOR, ACOSTA, MICHLOVIC, NOYE, MICOZZIE,
GEIST, CARLSON, HERMAN AND MERRY, APRIL 16, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 16, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further defining reckless
3 endangerment.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 2705 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 2705. Recklessly endangering another person.
9 A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he
10 recklessly engages in conduct which places or may place another
11 person in danger of death or serious bodily injury. Recklessness
12 and danger shall be presumed where a person knowingly points a
13 firearm at or in the direction of another person, whether or not
14 the actor believed the firearm to be loaded.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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