THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY REICHLEY, BAKER, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALLY, EVERETT, GEIST, GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HARPER, HARRIS, HESS, HICKERNELL, W. KELLER, KILLION, MAJOR, MANN, MENSCH, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PETRARCA, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, ROAE, ROCK, ROHRER, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SOLOBAY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND QUINN, MARCH 11, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 11, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of

sexual abuse of children.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 6312 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 6312.  Sexual abuse of children.

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(g)  Concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute.--

(1)  The Attorney General shall have concurrent

prosecutorial jurisdiction with the district attorney for

violations under this section and any crime arising out of

the activity prohibited by this section.

(2)  No person charged with a violation of this section

by the Attorney General shall have standing to challenge the

authority of the Attorney General to prosecute the case, and,

if any such challenge is made, the challenge shall be

dismissed and no relief shall be available in the courts of

this Commonwealth to the person making the challenge.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.