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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 431 | PRINTER'S NO. 1458 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE, ORIE, FONTANA, KITCHEN, YAW, BAKER, PILEGGI, EICHELBERGER, WAUGH, BREWSTER, GREENLEAF, EARLL, WOZNIAK, FARNESE, ERICKSON, ALLOWAY, M. WHITE AND WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 29, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in provisions relating to minors, |
3 | further providing for the offense of purchase, consumption, |
4 | possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed |
5 | beverages. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 6308 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania |
9 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
10 | § 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of |
11 | liquor or malt or brewed beverages. |
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13 | (f) Exception for person seeking medical attention for |
14 | another.--A person shall be immune from prosecution for |
15 | consumption or possession under subsection (a) if he can | <-- |
16 | establish the following: |
17 | (1) The only way law enforcement officers became aware |
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1 | of the person's violation of subsection (a) is because the |
2 | person placed a 911 call, or a call to campus safety, police |
3 | or emergency services, in good faith, based on a reasonable |
4 | belief and reported that another person was in need of |
5 | immediate medical attention to prevent death or serious |
6 | injury. |
7 | (2) The person reasonably believed he was the first |
8 | person to make a 911 call or a call to campus safety, police |
9 | or emergency services, and report that a person needed |
10 | immediate medical attention to prevent death or serious |
11 | injury. |
12 | (3) The person provided his own name to the 911 operator |
13 | or equivalent campus safety, police or emergency officer. |
14 | (4) The person remained with the person needing medical |
15 | assistance until emergency health care providers arrived and |
16 | the need for his presence had ended. |
17 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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