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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 229, 336, 229           PRINTER'S NO.  1193

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 255 Session of 1999


        INTRODUCED BY CONTI AND TOMLINSON, JANUARY 25, 1999

        AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENTS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           JUNE 9, 1999

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, PROHIBITING INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT       <--
     3     INFORMATION COMPUTER ACCESS BY COMMONWEALTH OFFICIALS AND
     4     EMPLOYEES; AND further providing for purchase, consumption,
     5     possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed
     6     beverages by minors.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Section 6308(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania    <--
    10  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
    11     SECTION 1.  TITLE 18 OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSOLIDATED          <--
    12  STATUTES IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:
    13  § 4120.  INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION COMPUTER ACCESS.
    14     (A)  PROHIBITION.--NO COMMONWEALTH OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE MAY
    15  PROVIDE COMPUTER ACCESS TO INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION OF
    16  ANY PERSON TO ANY MORTGAGE COMPANY, OTHER LENDER OR TO ANY
    17  PERSON FOR ANY REASON UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO
    18  DO SO.
    19     (B)  GRADING.--ANY COMMONWEALTH OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE WHO

     1  VIOLATES SUBSECTION (A) COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR OF THE SECOND
     2  DEGREE.
     3     SECTION 2.  SECTION 6308(A) OF TITLE 18 IS AMENDED TO READ:
     4  § 6308.  Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of
     5             liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
     6     (a)  Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if
     7  he, being less than 21 years of age, attempts to purchase,
     8  purchases, consumes, possesses or knowingly and intentionally
     9  transports any liquor or malt or brewed beverages, as defined in
    10  section 6310.6 (relating to definitions). For the purposes of
    11  this section, it shall not be a defense that the liquor or malt
    12  or brewed beverages was consumed in a jurisdiction other than
    13  the jurisdiction where the citation for underage drinking was
    14  issued.
    15     * * *
    16     Section 2 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.           <--










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