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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, DINNIMAN, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, VANCE, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA AND BREWSTER, APRIL 28, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, APRIL 28, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in financial matters, |
3 | imposing an alcohol offense prevention fee in certain |
4 | municipalities. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
8 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 3576. Alcohol offense prevention fee. |
10 | (a) Establishment.--A fee in the amount of $100 shall be |
11 | imposed for each conviction of an offense specified in |
12 | subsection (b). The fee shall be in addition to any other fee or |
13 | court cost authorized under this title or other law. |
14 | (b) Offenses subject to fee.--A person who commits, in an |
15 | eligible municipality, a violation of any of the following |
16 | offenses shall, upon conviction, be ordered to pay the fee |
17 | specified in subsection (a): |
18 | (1) The following provisions of Title 18: |
19 | Section 5505 (relating to public drunkenness and |
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1 | similar misconduct). |
2 | Section 6307 (relating to misrepresentation of age to |
3 | secure liquor or malt or brewed beverages). |
4 | Section 6308 (relating to purchase, consumption, |
5 | possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed |
6 | beverages). |
7 | Section 6309 (relating to representing that minor is |
8 | of age). |
9 | Section 6310 (relating to inducement of minors to buy |
10 | liquor or malt or brewed beverages). |
11 | Section 6310.1 (relating to selling or furnishing |
12 | liquor or malt or brewed beverages to minors). |
13 | Section 6310.2 (relating to manufacture or sale of |
14 | false identification card). |
15 | Section 6310.3 (relating to carrying a false |
16 | identification card). |
17 | Section 6310.7 (relating to selling or furnishing |
18 | nonalcoholic beverages to persons under 21 years of age). |
19 | (2) The following provisions of Title 30: |
20 | Section 5502 (relating to operating watercraft under |
21 | influence of alcohol or controlled substance). |
22 | Section 5502.1 (relating to homicide by watercraft |
23 | while operating under influence). |
24 | (3) The following provisions of Title 75: |
25 | Section 3718 (relating to minor prohibited from |
26 | operating with any alcohol in system). |
27 | Section 3735 (relating to homicide by vehicle while |
28 | driving under influence). |
29 | Section 3735.1 (relating to aggravated assault by |
30 | vehicle while driving under the influence). |
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1 | Section 3802 (relating to driving under influence of |
2 | alcohol or controlled substance). |
3 | (c) Use of fee.--The fee imposed under this section shall be |
4 | payable to the eligible municipality in which the violation |
5 | occurred and shall be expended only on the alcohol offense |
6 | prevention unit operated by law enforcement officers of the |
7 | eligible municipality or on behalf of the eligible municipality. |
8 | (d) Definitions.--As used in this section, "eligible |
9 | municipality" means a municipality: |
10 | (1) in which an institution of higher education is |
11 | situated; and |
12 | (2) that has an alcohol offense prevention unit operated |
13 | by law enforcement officers of the municipality or on behalf |
14 | of the municipality, which unit primarily enforces violations |
15 | of 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses). |
16 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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