PRINTER'S NO. 492
No. 445 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, PUNT, COSTA, FONTANA, LOGAN, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, WASHINGTON AND MUSTO, MARCH 14, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for an additional penalty 3 for certain violations of protection from abuse orders. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 6113.2. Violation within 72 hours of conviction. 9 If a person violates an order issued pursuant to this chapter 10 and the violation occurs within 72 hours of a conviction for a 11 prior violation under this chapter, the person shall, upon 12 conviction, in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, 13 be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $500 nor more than 14 $5,000, or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. 15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. L19L23JS/20070S0445B0492