PRINTER'S NO. 3318
No. 2364 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, BEBKO-JONES, GRUCELA, PISTELLA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD, HERSHEY, WASHINGTON, TRUE, HESS,
SOLOBAY, SCHRODER, KIRKLAND, LEWIS, CLYMER, RAYMOND, HARHAI,
GEIST, CRAHALLA, J. TAYLOR AND PETRARCA, FEBRUARY 10, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 10, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed beverages to
4 minors.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 6310.1(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 6310.1. Selling or furnishing liquor or malt or brewed
10 beverages to minors.
11 * * *
12 (c) Minimum penalty.--In addition to any other penalty
13 imposed pursuant to this title or other statute, a person who is
14 convicted of violating subsection (a) shall be sentenced to pay
15 a fine of not less than [$1,000] $2,500 and a term of
16 imprisonment of up to 30 days for the first violation and a fine
17 of [$2,500] $5,000 and a term of imprisonment of up to 90 days
18 for each subsequent violation. There shall be no authority in
1 any court to impose on an offender any lesser sentence than the
2 minimum sentence mandated by this subsection. No court shall
3 have the authority to suspend any sentence as defined in this
4 section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the sentencing
5 court from imposing a sentence greater than the minimum sentence
6 mandated in this subsection. In no case shall the sentence
7 exceed the maximum sentence prescribed by law.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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