PRINTER'S NO. 1143
No. 997 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY LaGROTTA, BEBKO-JONES, CALTAGIRONE, GRUCELA, HARHAI, LEDERER, PHILLIPS, STABACK AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 16, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 16, 2005
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. A10L18JS/20050H0997B1143 - 2 -