PRINTER'S NO. 587

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 563 Session of 1999

        INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, HENNESSEY, CLARK, FEESE, WOGAN,
           BATTISTO, BENNINGHOFF, BUNT, L. I. COHEN, CURRY, FICHTER,
           FLICK, GEIST, GEORGE, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HERSHEY, JOSEPHS,
           KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, MAHER, MELIO, MUNDY, NICKOL, ROHRER,
           ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR, SEMMEL, SHANER, STABACK, STERN,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRELLO, WALKO AND WILT,
           FEBRUARY 10, 1999

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 10, 1999

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
     3     limitation of time in certain criminal proceedings.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 5552(c) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     8  § 5552.  Other offenses.
     9     * * *
    10     (c)  Exceptions.--If the period prescribed in subsection (a)
    11  or subsection (b) has expired, a prosecution may nevertheless be
    12  commenced for:
    13         * * *
    14         (4)  Any offense under 18 Pa.C.S. § 4117 (relating to
    15     insurance fraud) within three years after the discovery of
    16     the offense by an aggrieved party, by law enforcement or by a

     1     person who has a legal duty to represent an aggrieved party
     2     and who is himself not a party to the offense, but in no case
     3     shall this paragraph extend the period of limitation
     4     otherwise applicable by more than 20 years.
     5     * * *
     6     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.
















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