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)



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