SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 625 PRINTER'S NO. 3465
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
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, MAY 2, 2000
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 A law enforcement officer who has identified himself as a law <--
13 enforcement officer that the person is the subject of an
1 official investigation of a criminal offense.
2 (b) Grading.--An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
3 of the third degree unless the defendant is arrested and charged <--
4 with CONVICTED OF an offense as a result of the official <--
5 investigation, in which case the offense under this section is
6 one degree lower than the most serious offense for which the
7 defendant is convicted.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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