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PRINTER'S NO.  3480

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1289

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY PYLE, ADOLPH, AUMENT, BAKER, BEAR, BLOOM, BOBACK, BOYD, BROOKS, R. BROWN, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, CUTLER, DAY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DUNBAR, ELLIS, EMRICK, EVANKOVICH, J. EVANS, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GEIST, GERGELY, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GROVE, HAHN, HARHART, HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAMPF, KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, M. K. KELLER, KILLION, KNOWLES, KRIEGER, LAWRENCE, MAJOR, MARSHALL, MARSICO, METCALFE, MICCARELLI, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURPHY, MURT, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PERRY, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REESE, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, ROSS, SACCONE, SAYLOR, CULVER, SCHRODER, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOBASH, TOOHIL, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, CALTAGIRONE AND KORTZ, APRIL 5, 2011

  

  

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 7, 2012   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

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Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for sentencing

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enhancement for trafficking drugs in the presence of a minor.

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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.  Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 9720.3.  Sentencing enhancement for trafficking drugs in the

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presence of a minor.

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The Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing, under section 2154

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(relating to adoption of guidelines for sentencing), shall

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provide for a sentencing enhancement if a person over 18 years

 


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of age is convicted in any court of this Commonwealth of a

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violation of section 13(a)(14) or (30) of the act of April 14,

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1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,

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Device and Cosmetic Act, and all of the following conditions

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apply:

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(1)  The violation was committed in the presence of a

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minor or in any residence in which a minor is present.

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(2)  The person convicted is the minor's parent,

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stepparent, guardian, an individual responsible for the

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child's minor's welfare or an individual involved in an

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intimate relationship with the child's minor's parent, 

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stepparent, guardian or responsible individual.

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

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