PRINTER'S NO. 1679
No. 1441 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, WILLIAMS, COLAIZZO, MORRIS, LINTON,
MRKONIC, LEVDANSKY, PISTELLA, KOSINSKI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
GODSHALL, GIGLIOTTI, ANGSTADT, FAIRCHILD, TIGUE, TANGRETTI,
DONATUCCI, JOHNSON, HERMAN, MELIO, FOX, CARN, TRELLO, HARPER,
GLADECK, DeLUCA, NOYE, BLAUM, OLIVER, THOMAS, BISHOP, RYBAK,
ROEBUCK, EVANS, ROBINSON, ACOSTA, MAIALE AND HOWLETT,
MAY 22, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 22, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for drug trafficking
3 sentencing and penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 7508(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 7508. Drug trafficking sentencing and penalties.
9 (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of
10 this or any other act to the contrary, the following provisions
11 shall apply:
12 * * *
13 (7) A person who is convicted of violating section
14 13(a)(30) of The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
15 Cosmetic Act, in or within 1,000 feet of any public housing
16 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a mandatory minimum
1 term of imprisonment of two years, which sentence shall be in
2 addition to any other penalty provided by law.
3 * * *
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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