PRINTER'S NO. 1854
No. 1520 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, MAY 3, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 3, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for corrupt organizations.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1519 of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes, added July 5, 2004 (P.L.572, No.71), is
7 amended to read:
8 § 1519. [(Reserved).] Corrupt organizations.
9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an act which is
10 indictable under this part, or a conspiracy to commit any such
11 act, shall be considered "racketeering activity" for purposes of
12 18 Pa.C.S. § 911 (relating to corrupt organizations) and shall
13 be subject to all of the provisions of 18 Pa.C.S. § 911. Any act
14 which otherwise would be considered racketeering activity under
15 18 Pa.C.S. § 911 by reason of the application of this section
16 shall not be excluded from its application solely because the
17 operative acts took place outside the jurisdiction of this
1 Commonwealth if the acts were in violation of the law of the
2 jurisdiction in which they occurred.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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