PRINTER'S NO. 533
No. 474 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, WILLIAMS, COLAIZZO, LINTON, MRKONIC,
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, ROEBUCK, ROBINSON,
ACOSTA, MAIALE, JAROLIN, PRESTON, MICOZZIE, BUNT, STABACK,
CIVERA, ALLEN, R. C. WRIGHT, LAUGHLIN, BILLOW, KING AND
NAHILL, MARCH 11, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 1991
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:
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13 (7) A person who is convicted of violating section
14 13(a)(14), (30) or (37) of The Controlled Substance, Drug,
15 Device and Cosmetic Act, in or within 1,000 feet of any
1 public housing shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to a
2 mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year total
3 confinement, which sentence shall be in addition to any other
4 penalty provided by law. For purposes of this paragraph, the
5 term "public housing" shall mean any building or group of
6 buildings owned or operated by a housing authority organized
7 pursuant to the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), known
8 as the Housing Authorities Law, and which provides at least
9 50 units.
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11 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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