H1614B2092A02110 NAD:CDM 06/17/19 #90 A02110
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1614
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE WHITE
Printer's No. 2092
Amend Bill, page 1, line 1, by striking out "Title" and
inserting
Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and
Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Statutes, "
in firearms and other dangerous articles, further providing for
persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or
transfer firearms and for sale or transfer of firearms; and,
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 9 and 10, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Sections 6105 and 6111 of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended by adding
subsections to read:
§ 6105. Persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell
or transfer firearms.
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(d.1) Concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute.--The following
apply in a city of the first class where the Attorney General
has operated a joint local-State firearm task force:
(1) In addition to the authority conferred upon the
Attorney General by the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950,
No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the
Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate and
institute criminal proceedings for a violation of this
section.
(2) No person charged with a violation of this section
by the Attorney General shall have standing to challenge the
authority of the Attorney General to prosecute the case, and,
if any such challenge is made, the challenge shall be
dismissed and no relief shall be available in the courts of
this Commonwealth to the person making the challenge.
(3) This subsection shall not apply to any case
instituted two years after the effective date of this
subsection.
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§ 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
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(d.1) Concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute.--The following
apply in a city of the first class where the Attorney General
has operated a joint local-State firearm task force:
(1) In addition to the authority conferred upon the
Attorney General by the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950,
No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the
Attorney General shall have the authority to investigate and
institute criminal proceedings for a violation of this
section.
(2) No person charged with a violation of this section
by the Attorney General shall have standing to challenge the
authority of the Attorney General to prosecute the case, and,
if any such challenge is made, the challenge shall be
dismissed and no relief shall be available in the courts of
this Commonwealth to the person making the challenge.
(3) This subsection shall not apply to any case
instituted two years after the effective date of this
subsection.
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Section 1.1. Section 8953(a)(3) of Title 42 is amended to
read:
Amend Bill, page 4, line 21, by striking out "immediately."
and inserting
as follows:
(1) The addition of 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6105(d.1) and
6111(d.1) shall take effect in 60 days.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect immediately.
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