PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1023 PRINTER'S NO. 1342
No. 916 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, READSHAW, RAYMOND, KAISER, MAYERNIK,
GIGLIOTTI, WALKO, ROBINSON, MARKOSEK, L. I. COHEN, BOYES,
CONTI, STAIRS, GODSHALL, EGOLF, WOGAN, BROWNE, HUTCHINSON,
ALLEN AND BAKER, MARCH 13, 1997
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 7, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of NONPAYMENT OF <--
3 SUPPORT AND THE OFFENSE OF disarming a law enforcement
4 officer; and providing a penalty PENALTIES. <--
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section SECTIONS to read: <--
9 § 4306. NONPAYMENT OF SUPPORT. <--
10 A PERSON COMMITS A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE IF HE WILLFULLY
11 FAILS OR REFUSES TO MAKE REQUIRED CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS FOR A
12 PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS OR MORE.
13 § 5104.1. Disarming law enforcement officer.
14 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of
15 disarming a law enforcement officer if he knowingly removes a
16 firearm, rifle, shotgun or weapon from the person of a law
17 enforcement officer or corrections officer, or deprives a law
1 enforcement officer or corrections officer of the use of a
2 firearm, rifle, shotgun or weapon, when the officer is acting
3 within the scope of the officer's duties, and the offender has
4 reasonable cause to know or knows that the individual is a law
5 enforcement officer or corrections officer.
6 (b) Grading.--A violation of this section constitutes a
7 felony of the third degree. If the firearm, rifle, shotgun or
8 weapon involved is discharged during the violation of this
9 section, the offense is a felony of the second degree.
10 (C) DEFINITION.--AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LAW <--
11 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER" MEANS ANY PERSON EMPLOYED BY THE FEDERAL OR
12 STATE GOVERNMENT OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF WHO IS ARMED
13 AND WHO IS BY LAW GIVEN THE POWER TO ENFORCE THE LAW WHEN ACTING
14 WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THAT PERSON'S EMPLOYMENT.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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