PRINTER'S NO. 3424
No. 2396 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BASTIAN, BEBKO-
JONES, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, DALLY, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD,
FLEAGLE, GOODMAN, HARHART, HERSHEY, JAMES, KAUFFMAN,
M. KELLER, KOTIK, MAITLAND, MANN, McNAUGHTON, R. MILLER,
S. MILLER, O'NEILL, PHILLIPS, RAPP, SAYLOR, SCHRODER,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TRUE, WALKO, WATSON, WILT,
WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD AND GINGRICH, JANUARY 26, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the sale, purchase,
3 possession and use of alcohol vaporizing devices; and
4 imposing penalties.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 7327.1. Prohibition of alcohol vaporizing devices.
10 (a) Offenses defined.--
11 (1) A person who sells, purchases or possesses an
12 alcohol vaporizing device commits a misdemeanor of the third
13 degree.
14 (2) A person who uses an alcohol vaporizing device
15 commits a summary offense.
16 (b) Defense.--It is a defense to prosecution under this
1 section that the person sold, purchased, possessed or used an
2 alcohol vaporizing device for medical or scientific purposes on
3 premises other than those licensed under the act of April 12,
4 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code.
5 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "alcohol
6 vaporizing device" means any device, machine or process that
7 mixes liquor or malt or brewed beverages with pure oxygen or
8 another gas to produce a vaporized product, including, but not
9 limited to, products known as alcohol without liquid, for the
10 purpose of consumption through inhalation.
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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