PRINTER'S NO. 539

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 478 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY GRUPPO, CLYMER, REINARD, KUKOVICH, COSLETT,
           PHILLIPS, NOYE, KLINGAMAN, HERMAN, LEVI, GRIECO, CIMINI,
           KASUNIC, PETERSON, STAIRS, BOWSER, DeWEESE, D. R. WRIGHT,
           GALLAGHER, MRKONIC, OLASZ, MICHLOVIC, WACHOB, BURD, McVERRY,
           BOOK, SEMMEL AND D. W. SNYDER, MARCH 16, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 16, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, defining the offense of breach of
     3     privacy through use of photographs; and providing penalties.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 7508.  Breach of privacy through use of photograph.
     9     A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if he
    10  uses, for purposes other than that for which it was intended,
    11  any photograph, or copy thereof, submitted to any agency of
    12  State government or municipal government in connection with an
    13  application for any license, permit or identification card
    14  issued by the Commonwealth or a municipality or in connection
    15  with any benefit program operated by the Commonwealth or a
    16  municipality.
    17     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
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