PRINTER'S NO. 88
No. 80 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, THOMAS, FARGO, GEIST, HENNESSEY, MILLER,
E. Z. TAYLOR, ROBERTS, BELARDI, TULLI, YOUNGBLOOD, FEESE,
OLASZ, BOSCOLA, TRAVAGLIO, READSHAW, TIGUE, TRELLO, McCALL,
PETTIT, SHANER, HALUSKA, MUNDY, CURRY, HERSHEY, BUNT,
DEMPSEY, RAMOS, SCHULER, KENNEY, HERMAN, BROWN, SEMMEL,
PLATTS, EGOLF, FICHTER, KAISER, MASLAND, STABACK, ALLEN,
J. TAYLOR, DENT, BARD, McGEEHAN, SAINATO, RUBLEY, HUTCHINSON,
FAIRCHILD, HESS, BAKER, BROWNE, ITKIN, SATHER, WOJNAROSKI,
DiGIROLAMO, LYNCH, STERN AND TRUE, JANUARY 28, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 28, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of
3 unauthorized school bus entry.
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 § 5516. Unauthorized school bus entry.
9 (a) Offense defined.--A person who enters a school bus
10 without prior authorization of the driver or a school official
11 with intent to commit a crime or disrupt or interfere with the
12 driver or a person who enters a school bus without prior
13 authorization of the driver or a school official who refuses to
14 disembark after being ordered to do so by the driver commits a
15 misdemeanor of the third degree.
1 (b) Notice.--A school district may place a notice at the
2 entrance of the school bus that warns against unauthorized
3 entry.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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