PRINTER'S NO. 1135

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 998 Session of 1985


        INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, APRIL 22, 1985

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 22, 1985

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for the suspension of operator's
     3     license for property damage vandalism.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1532(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     8  § 1532.  Revocation or suspension of operating privilege.
     9     * * *
    10     (b)  Suspension.--
    11         * * *
    12         (2.1)  The department shall suspend the operating
    13     privilege of any driver for 90 days upon receiving a
    14     certified record of the driver's conviction of:
    15             Section 3716 (relating to motor vehicle vandalism).
    16             18 Pa.C.S. § 3304 (relating to criminal mischief)
    17         involving the use of a motor vehicle.
    18         * * *

     1     Section 2.  Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
     2  § 3716.  Motor vehicle vandalism.
     3     (a)  General rule.--It is unlawful for any person to
     4  intentionally or recklessly destroy or inflict damage to the
     5  personal property or real property of another person by means of
     6  a motor vehicle.
     7     (b)  Penalty.--A violation of this section is a summary
     8  offense. In addition to any fine or imprisonment, the person
     9  convicted shall be required to make restitution for the value of
    10  the property damaged or destroyed.
    11     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.













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