PRINTER'S NO. 137
No. 144 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY DENT, RHOADES, SCHWARTZ, MADIGAN, WAGNER,
RAFFERTY, LOGAN, CORMAN, COSTA, LAVALLE, KITCHEN, BOSCOLA,
C. WILLIAMS AND WOZNIAK, FEBRUARY 3, 2003
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for possession of
3 weapon on school property.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 912(b) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
8 adding a subsection to read:
9 § 912. Possession of weapon on school property.
10 * * *
11 (b) Offense defined.--A person commits [a misdemeanor of the
12 first degree] an offense if he possesses a weapon in the
13 buildings of, on the grounds of, or in any conveyance providing
14 transportation to or from any elementary or secondary publicly-
15 funded educational institution, any elementary or secondary
16 private school licensed by the Department of Education or any
17 elementary or secondary parochial school.
18 (b.1) Grading.--
1 (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), an
2 offense under subsection (b) is a misdemeanor of the first
3 degree.
4 (2) An offense under subsection (b) is a felony of the
5 third degree if the weapon possessed is a firearm, shotgun or
6 rifle.
7 * * *
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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