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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2070

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1617 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, DiGIROLAMO, BLACKWELL, BOYD, CASORIO,
           COSTA, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, M. KELLER, KORTZ,
           LONGIETTI, MOUL, MUNDY, PHILLIPS, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, STAIRS,
           J. TAYLOR, THOMAS AND TRUE, JUNE 25, 2007

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 25, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, making an editorial change; and
     3     further providing for contraband.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  The heading of Subchapter B of Chapter 51 of
     7  Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
     8  read:
     9                            SUBCHAPTER B
    10                       ESCAPE AND CONTRABAND
    11     Section 2.  Section 5123(c) of Title 18 is amended to read:
    12  § 5123.  Contraband.
    13     * * *
    14     (c)  Contraband other than controlled substance.--A person
    15  commits a misdemeanor of the first degree if he sells, gives or
    16  furnishes to any convict in a prison, or inmate in a mental
    17  hospital, or gives away in or brings into any prison, mental


     1  hospital, or any building appurtenant thereto, or on the land
     2  granted to or owned or leased by the Commonwealth or county for
     3  the use and benefit of the prisoners or inmates, or puts in any
     4  place where it may be secured by a convict of a prison, inmate
     5  of a mental hospital, or employee thereof, any of the following:
     6         (1)  Any kind of spirituous or fermented liquor, medicine
     7     or poison (except the ordinary hospital supply of the prison
     8     or mental hospital) without a written permit signed by the
     9     physician of such institution, specifying the quantity and
    10     quality of the substance which may be furnished to any
    11     convict, inmate or employee in the prison or mental hospital,
    12     the name of the prisoner, inmate or employee for whom, and
    13     the time when the same may be furnished, which permit shall
    14     be delivered to and kept by the warden or superintendent of
    15     the prison or mental hospital.
    16         (2)  Any item designated by the Secretary of Corrections
    17     or the facility manager as a prohibited item.
    18     * * *
    19     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.








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