PRINTER'S NO. 989
No. 851 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY CRAHALLA, ARGALL, CIVERA, CREIGHTON, DeWEESE,
FAIRCHILD, FEESE, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GODSHALL, HARHAI, HARRIS,
HERSHEY, HORSEY, LEACH, MANN, R. MILLER, NAILOR, READSHAW,
RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR,
J. TAYLOR, WALKO, WATSON, WEBER AND YOUNGBLOOD,
MARCH 11, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 scattering rubbish.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6501(b)(1) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6501. Scattering rubbish.
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10 (b) Penalty.--
11 (1) A person who violates subsection (a)(1) or (2) is
12 guilty of a summary offense for the first offense and upon
13 conviction thereof shall be sentenced to:
14 (i) pay a fine of not less than [$50] $250 nor more
15 than [$300] $500 [or to];
16 (ii) imprisonment for not more than 90 days[, or
1 both.];
2 (iii) not more than 90 days of community service; or
3 (iv) any combination of subparagraphs (i), (ii) and
4 (iii).
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6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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