PRINTER'S NO. 625
No. 599 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, McCALL, O'BRIEN, WALKO, MAITLAND,
HENNESSEY, KENNEY, J. TAYLOR, BROWNE, SCHULER, READSHAW,
PESCI, HERMAN, LEDERER, WRIGHT, SATHER, BAKER, BARD, FEESE,
FAIRCHILD, RUBLEY, SHANER, PLATTS, WOJNAROSKI, FORCIER,
MICHLOVIC, BUNT, SAINATO, RAYMOND, LYNCH, ROSS, HALUSKA,
S. MILLER, HESS, COLAFELLA, GORDNER, NAILOR, HUTCHINSON,
KELLER, SAYLOR, MAHER, STABACK, BELARDI, STRITTMATTER, FARGO,
ADOLPH, MARSICO, TRELLO, COY, BARRAR, SERAFINI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
DeLUCA, MELIO, WILT, McNAUGHTON, SEMMEL AND B. SMITH,
FEBRUARY 16, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for false identification to
3 law enforcement authorities.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4914. False identification to law enforcement authorities.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he
10 furnishes law enforcement authorities with false information
11 about his own identity after being informed by the investigating
12 or law enforcement officer who has identified himself as a law
13 enforcement officer that the person is the subject of an
14 official investigation of a criminal offense.
1 (b) Grading.--An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
2 of the third degree unless the defendant is arrested and charged
3 with an offense as a result of the official investigation, in
4 which case the offense under this section is one degree lower
5 than the most serious offense for which the defendant is
6 convicted.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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