PRINTER'S NO. 1430
No. 1272 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY OLIVER, GODSHALL, CALTAGIRONE, REBER, DONATUCCI,
McCALL, BISHOP, RIEGER, L. I. COHEN, YOUNGBLOOD, CURRY,
PETRONE, STABACK, TRELLO, ITKIN, JOSEPHS, LEDERER, MELIO,
M. COHEN, GIGLIOTTI, WASHINGTON, ROEBUCK, SHANER, BUNT,
RAYMOND, TRICH, PRESTON AND A. H. WILLIAMS, APRIL 9, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 9, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the possession
3 of weapons on school property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 912 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 912. Possession of weapon on school property.
9 (a) Definition.--Notwithstanding the definition of "weapon"
10 in section 907 (relating to possessing instruments of crime),
11 "weapon" for purposes of this section shall include but not be
12 limited to any knife, cutting instrument, cutting tool, nun-
13 chuck stick, firearm, shotgun, rifle and any other tool,
14 instrument or implement capable of inflicting serious bodily
15 injury.
16 (b) Offense defined.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the
17 first degree if he possesses a weapon in the buildings of, on
1 the grounds of, or in any conveyance providing transportation to
2 or from any elementary or secondary publicly-funded educational
3 institution, any elementary or secondary private school licensed
4 by the Department of Education or any elementary or secondary
5 parochial school.
6 (b.1) Firearms.--If a person commits an offense under
7 subsection (b) while in the possession of a firearm as defined
8 in section 6102 (relating to definitions), that offense
9 constitutes a felony of the third degree.
10 (c) Defense.--It shall be a defense that the weapon is
11 possessed and used in conjunction with a lawful supervised
12 school activity or course or is possessed for other lawful
13 purpose.
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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