PRINTER'S NO. 905
No. 805 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, DENT, NAILOR, EGOLF, SAYLOR, GEIST,
STABACK, WAUGH, MELIO, ROONEY, SATHER, GODSHALL, KENNEY,
PESCI, BROWN, BATTISTO, ALLEN, STEELMAN, ITKIN, TRELLO,
MAITLAND, BARD, J. TAYLOR, SCHRODER, KIRKLAND, MILLER,
CIVERA, MICHLOVIC AND ROSS, MARCH 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for an additional fine for
3 crimes committed with firearms.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 6103 and 6111.3(b) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 6103. Crimes committed with firearms.
9 (a) General rule.--If any person commits or attempts to
10 commit a crime enumerated in section 6105 (relating to persons
11 not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer
12 firearms) when armed with a firearm contrary to the provisions
13 of this subchapter, that person may, in addition to the
14 punishment provided for the crime, also be punished as provided
15 by this subchapter.
16 (b) Additional fine.--
17 (1) Persons convicted for a crime or an attempt to
1 commit a crime enumerated in section 6105 when armed with a
2 firearm contrary to the provisions of this subchapter, shall,
3 in addition to any fine, cost or penalty as provided for by
4 law, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25.
5 (2) The additional fine assessed under paragraph (1)
6 shall be transferred by the court to the Pennsylvania State
7 Police within 14 days of receipt of such fine to be deposited
8 into the Firearm Ownership Fund under section 6111.3
9 (relating to Firearm Ownership Fund).
10 § 6111.3. Firearm Ownership Fund.
11 * * *
12 (b) Source.--The source of the fund shall be moneys
13 collected and transferred under section 6103(b) (relating to
14 crimes committed with firearms), moneys collected and
15 transferred under section 6111.2 (relating to firearm sales
16 surcharge) and moneys collected and transferred under section
17 6111(b)(3).
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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