PRINTER'S NO. 51
No. 66 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, THOMAS, READSHAW, GEIST, LAUGHLIN, SOLOBAY,
CAPPELLI, PRESTON, DeLUCA, E. Z. TAYLOR, MARSICO, CIVERA,
BARRAR AND R. MILLER, JANUARY 23, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 23, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the grading of
3 theft offenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3903(a.1) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3903. Grading of theft offenses.
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10 (a.1) Felony of the third degree.--Except as provided in
11 subsection (a), theft constitutes a felony of the third degree
12 if the amount involved exceeds $2,000, or if the property stolen
13 is an automobile, airplane, motorcycle, motorboat or other
14 motor-propelled vehicle, or in the case of theft by receiving
15 stolen property, if the receiver is in the business of buying or
16 selling stolen property, or if the offense is a third or
17 subsequent offense regardless of the amount involved.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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