PRINTER'S NO. 229
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.
1 * * * 2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A25L18WMB/19990S0255B0229 - 2 -