PRINTER'S NO.  66

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

67

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, BAKER, BOYD, BRENNAN, FABRIZIO, FLECK, MAHER, MATZIE, MILLER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, RAPP, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, SWANGER, D. COSTA, KILLION, REICHLEY AND CLYMER, JANUARY 20, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JANUARY 20, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in other offenses, further providing

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for the offense of greyhound racing.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 7516 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 7516.  Greyhound racing and simulcasting.

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(a)  Racing.--A person who holds, conducts or operates a

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greyhound race for public exhibition in this Commonwealth for

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monetary remuneration commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.

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(b)  Simulcasting.--

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(1)  A person shall not transmit or receive interstate or

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intrastate simulcasting of a greyhound race in this

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Commonwealth for monetary remuneration.

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(2)  A court of common pleas may impose a civil penalty

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of up to $10,000 upon any person who violates this

 


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subsection.

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

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