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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1068

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 824 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, LAVALLE, COSTA, O'PAKE, ARMSTRONG,
           BOSCOLA, BRUBAKER, EARLL, ERICKSON, FONTANA, GREENLEAF,
           LOGAN, MUSTO, ORIE, PUNT, RAFFERTY, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE,
           TOMLINSON, WASHINGTON, WAUGH AND WOZNIAK, MAY 31, 2007

        REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 31, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for retail theft.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Section 3929(b)(1.1) of Title 18 of the
     6  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     7  § 3929.  Retail theft.
     8     * * *
     9     (b) Grading.--
    10         * * *
    11         (1.1)  Any person who is convicted under subsection (a)
    12     of retail theft of motor fuel may, in addition to any other
    13     penalty imposed, be sentenced as follows:
    14             (i)  For a first offense, to pay a fine of not less
    15         than $100 nor more than $250 and to have the person's
    16         operating privilege suspended for 30 days.
    17             (ii)   For a second offense, to pay a fine of not

     1         less than $250 nor more than $500 and to have the
     2         person's operating privilege suspended for 60 days.
     3             (iii)  For a third or subsequent offense, to pay a
     4         fine of not less than $500[, or the court may order the]
     5         and to have the person's operating privilege [of the
     6         person] suspended [for 30 days] for one year. A copy of
     7         the order shall be transmitted to the Department of
     8         Transportation.
     9         * * *
    10     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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