PRINTER'S NO. 2318
No. 1528 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, PIPPY, DINNIMAN, PUNT, STACK, TOMLINSON, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE, ARMSTRONG, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, COSTA, ERICKSON, FOLMER, LOGAN, MUSTO, RAFFERTY, REGOLA, RHOADES, STOUT, C. WILLIAMS, WOZNIAK AND M. WHITE, AUGUST 4, 2008
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, AUGUST 4, 2008
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for sentencing 3 for theft of veterans grave markers. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 9720.3 Sentencing for theft of veterans grave markers. 9 A person convicted of an offense under section 1913(l) of the 10 act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County 11 Code, and who, in the opinion of the sentencing court would 12 benefit from supervised community service, shall be sentenced 13 to, in addition to any other penalty authorized by law, a term 14 of supervised community service in accordance with the 15 following: 16 (1) If the loss of property is less than $200, the term 17 of community service shall not be less than 50 days nor more
1 than 74 eight-hour days. 2 (2) If the loss of property is at least $200 but less 3 than $1,000, the term of community service shall not be less 4 than 75 days nor more than 99 eight-hour days. 5 (3) If the loss of property is $1,000 or more, the term 6 of community service shall not be less than 100 days nor more 7 than 200 eight-hour days. 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. E21L42DMS/20080S1528B2318 - 2 -