PRINTER'S NO. 3358

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 2521 Session of 1996

        INTRODUCED BY MARSICO, BUXTON, S. H. SMITH, CALTAGIRONE,
           FICHTER, RUBLEY, TRUE, WAUGH, SAINATO, TIGUE, ROONEY,
           L. I. COHEN, BELARDI, STABACK, DiGIROLAMO, READSHAW,
           GIGLIOTTI, SHANER, STISH, MERRY, McCALL, BOSCOLA, FAJT,
           GEIST, DeLUCA, TRELLO, HASTE, MILLER, PRESTON, EGOLF,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, NAILOR, LEH, MASLAND, DEMPSEY, GRUPPO, O'BRIEN,
           HESS, VANCE, McGEEHAN, CLARK, CORNELL, BUNT, HASAY,
           FAIRCHILD, ZUG, CONTI, ARMSTRONG, STRITTMATTER, SAYLOR,
           CHADWICK, ADOLPH, B. SMITH, GLADECK, REINARD AND FEESE,
           APRIL 1, 1996

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 1, 1996

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for loitering and
     3     prowling.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 5506 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 5506.  Loitering and prowling [at night time].
     9     [Whoever at night time] (a)  Offense defined.--A person
    10  commits an offense if that person maliciously loiters or
    11  maliciously prowls around a dwelling house or any other place
    12  used wholly or in part for living or dwelling purposes,
    13  belonging to or occupied by another[, is guilty of a misdemeanor
    14  of the third degree].

     1     (b)  Grading.--Loitering and prowling shall be a misdemeanor
     2  of the third degree if the offense occurs during the daytime.
     3  Loitering and prowling shall be a misdemeanor of the second
     4  degree if the offense occurs at any other time of day.
     5     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

















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