H2289B3307A07582 RLE:CMM 06/16/08 #90 A07582 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2289 Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE MANTZ Printer's No. 3307 1 Amend Sec. 1, page 1, lines 6 through 8, by striking out all 2 of said lines and inserting 3 Section 1. Section 5509(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 4 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 5 Amend Sec. 1 (Sec. 5509), page 1, lines 9 through 12; page 2, 6 lines 1 and 2, by striking out all of said lines on said pages 7 and inserting 8 (a) Offense defined.--[A] 9 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person 10 commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he: 11 [(1)] (i) intentionally desecrates any public 12 monument or structure, or place of worship or burial; 13 [(2)] (ii) if he intentionally desecrates any other 14 object of veneration by the public or a substantial 15 segment thereof in any public place; or 16 [(3)] (iii) sells [or], attempts to sell or removes, 17 with intent to sell, a veteran's marker as described in 18 section 1913 of the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, 19 No.130), known as The County Code. This paragraph shall 20 not apply to the sale of veterans' markers authorized by 21 statute. 22 (2) A second or subsequent offense under paragraph 23 (1)(iii) shall constitute a misdemeanor of the first degree. 24 Amend Sec. 2, page 2, line 4, by striking out "addition of 18 25 Pa.C.S. § 5509(a.2)" and inserting 26 amendment of 18 Pa.C.S. § 5509(a) F16L90RLE/HB2289A07582