PRINTER'S NO.  1242

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1140

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY D. COSTA, DERMODY, READSHAW, BRENNAN, COHEN, DEASY, DONATUCCI, GIBBONS, HARKINS, MILLARD, PASHINSKI, SAINATO, WAGNER, DeLUCA, HORNAMAN, SWANGER AND KORTZ, MARCH 21, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 21, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in assault, further providing for the

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offense of aggravated assault.

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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 2702(d) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition to read:

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§ 2702.  Aggravated assault.

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(d)  Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

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words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

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subsection:

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"Public utility employee or an employee of an electric

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cooperative."  The term includes all of the following:

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(1)  An employee of a public utility.

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(2)  An employee of a municipally owned utility.

 


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(3)  An employee of a cable television company.

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(4)  An employee of an electric distribution company.

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(5)  An employee of an electric generation company.

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(6)  An independent contractor or an employee of an

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independent contractor working on behalf of a cable

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television company, a public utility, a municipally owned

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utility, an electric distribution company, an electric

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generation company or an electric cooperative.

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(7)  An employee of a telecommunications carrier.

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(8)  An independent contractor or an employee of an

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independent contractor working on behalf of a

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telecommunications carrier.

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(9)  An employee of a telephone or telecommunications

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cooperative.

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(10)  An independent contractor or an employee of an

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independent contractor working on behalf of a telephone or

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telecommunications cooperative.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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