PRINTER'S NO. 1610
No. 1389 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY BUNT, CLARK, LYNCH, CAWLEY, RUBLEY, TIGUE,
STABACK, LEH, SERAFINI, ALLEN, BELFANTI, PESCI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
MERRY, FARGO, HERSHEY, KAISER, HALUSKA AND HENNESSEY,
APRIL 20, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 20, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for gambling
3 devices.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5513(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5513. Gambling devices, gambling, etc.
9 * * *
10 (c) Antique slot machines.--
11 (1) A slot machine shall be established as an antique
12 slot machine if the defendant shows by a preponderance of the
13 evidence that it was manufactured [prior to 1941] at least 25
14 years before the current year and that it was not used or
15 attempted to be used for any unlawful purposes.
16 Notwithstanding subsection (b), no antique slot machine
17 seized from any defendant shall be destroyed or otherwise
1 altered until the defendant is given an opportunity to
2 establish that the slot machine is an antique slot machine.
3 After a final court determination that the slot machine is an
4 antique slot machine, the slot machine shall be returned
5 pursuant to the provisions of law providing for the return of
6 property; otherwise, the slot machine shall be destroyed.
7 (2) It is the purpose of this subsection to protect the
8 collection and restoration of antique slot machines not
9 presently utilized for gambling purposes.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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