PRINTER'S NO. 2610
No. 2096 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY LEVIN, RIEGER, NAHILL, MANDERINO, KUKOVICH,
H. WILLIAMS, McINTYRE, BORSKI, J. D. WILLIAMS, MAIALE,
CALTAGIRONE, ARMSTRONG, SHUPNIK, GREENFIELD, RAPPAPORT,
SWAIM, EVANS, WIGGINS, KANUCK, WARGO, DAWIDA, GRABOWSKI,
GAMBLE AND BELOFF, NOVEMBER 24, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 24, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing mandatory
3 sentences for the possession or use of a firearm while
4 committing a crime.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 42, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707,
8 No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is
9 amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 9763. Mandatory sentences.
11 (a) Possession of firearm.--A person convicted of any crime
12 during which he was in the possession of a firearm shall serve a
13 mandatory minimum term of one year of confinement.
14 (b) Use of firearm.--A person convicted of any crime during
15 which he discharged a firearm shall serve a mandatory minimum
16 term of two years of confinement.
17 (c) Definition.--As used in this section "crime" means
1 murder or any felony or misdemeanor.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall
3 apply to crimes committed on and after the date of final
4 enactment.
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