PRINTER'S NO. 2356

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1900 Session of 1995


        INTRODUCED BY MICHLOVIC, TRELLO AND ITKIN, JUNE 29, 1995

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 29, 1995

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for carrying
     3     firearms in public areas in certain cities.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 6108 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 6108.  Carrying firearms on public streets or public property
     9             in [Philadelphia] cities of the first class and
    10             second class.
    11     No person shall carry a firearm, rifle or shotgun at any time
    12  upon the public streets or upon any public property in a city of
    13  the first class or a city of the second class unless:
    14         (1)  such person is licensed to carry a firearm; or
    15         (2)  such person is exempt from licensing under section
    16     6106(b) of this title (relating to firearms not to be carried
    17     without a license).
    18     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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