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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 229

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 255 Session of 1999


        INTRODUCED BY CONTI, THOMPSON AND TOMLINSON, JANUARY 25, 1999

        REFERRED TO LAW AND JUSTICE, JANUARY 25, 1999

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for purchase,
     3     consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt
     4     or brewed beverages by minors.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 6308(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
     8  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     9  § 6308.  Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of
    10             liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
    11     (a)  Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if
    12  he, being less than 21 years of age, attempts to purchase,
    13  purchases, consumes, possesses or knowingly and intentionally
    14  transports any liquor or malt or brewed beverages, as defined in
    15  section 6310.6 (relating to definitions). For the purposes of
    16  this section, it shall not be a defense that the liquor or
    17     malt or brewed beverages was consumed in a jurisdiction other
    18  than the jurisdiction where the citation for underage drinking
    19  was issued.

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     2     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.



















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