S0975B1199A02968 DMS:JMT 11/14/23 #90 A02968
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 975
Sponsor: SENATOR BAKER
Printer's No. 1199
Amend Bill, page 1, line 6, by striking out "2706(d)" and
inserting
2706
Amend Bill, page 1, line 9, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the crime of
terroristic threats if the person communicates, either directly
or indirectly, a threat to:
(1) commit any crime of violence with intent to
terrorize another;
(2) cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly or
facility of public transportation; or
(3) otherwise cause serious public inconvenience, or
cause terror or serious public inconvenience with reckless
disregard of the risk of causing such terror or
inconvenience.
(b) [Restitution.--A] Costs of responding to threat.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person convicted
or adjudicated delinquent of violating this section shall[, in
addition to any other sentence imposed or restitution ordered
under 42 Pa.C.S. ยง 9721(c) (relating to sentencing generally),
be sentenced to pay restitution in an amount equal to the cost
of the evacuation, including, but not limited to, fire and
police response; emergency medical service or emergency
preparedness response; and transportation of an individual from
the building, place of assembly or facility.] be sentenced to
pay any costs of an evacuation or other response resulting from
the threat that gave rise to the violation of this section,
including, but not limited to:
(1) The costs of supplies, equipment or materials used
by an emergency medical services agency, fire company, law
enforcement agency, school district, educational facility or
other governmental entity to respond to the threat.
(2) The costs of prepared and unprepared food that went
unused as a result of an evacuation or diversion from the
normal or customary operations of a school or educational
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facility that responded to the threat.
(3) The salary or other wages, including overtime pay,
of any employee of a law enforcement agency, police
department, fire company, medical services agency, school
district, educational facility or other governmental entity
for the time spent responding to the threat.
(4) The salary or other wages, including overtime pay,
of any teacher, administrator, aide or other employee of a
school or educational facility who was paid despite the
diversion of normal or customary operations of the school or
educational facility.
(c) Preservation of private remedies.--No judgment or order
of [restitution] costs shall debar a person, by appropriate
action, to recover from the offender as otherwise provided by
law, provided that any civil award shall be reduced by the
amount paid under the criminal judgment.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 5, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
(e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"communicates" means conveys in person or by written or
electronic means, including telephone, electronic mail,
Internet, facsimile, telex and similar transmissions.
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