PRINTER'S NO. 241
No. 199 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, COSTA, STOUT, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, RAFFERTY,
TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN AND ERICKSON, MARCH 7, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 7, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the illegal use of a laser
3 pointer.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 5518. Use of a laser pointer.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if that
10 person knowingly, with the intent to harass, annoy or alarm,
11 shines a laser pointer at another person.
12 (b) Grading.--
13 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an offense
14 under subsection (a) is a summary offense.
15 (2) If the offense in subsection (a) is committed
16 against a person operating a motor vehicle, the offense shall
17 be a misdemeanor of the third degree.
18 (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "laser
1 pointer" means a handheld device that emits a laser beam.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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