PRINTER'S NO. 638
No. 573 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, YOUNGBLOOD, MARKOSEK, READSHAW, OLASZ,
GIGLIOTTI, TANGRETTI, LaGROTTA, CAWLEY, SHANER, TRELLO,
DeLUCA, SATHER, STABACK, COY, BELARDI, WOGAN AND CORRIGAN,
FEBRUARY 13, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for purchase,
3 consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol by
4 certain persons and for possession of false identification to
5 obtain alcohol.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 6308(b) and 6310.3(b) of Title 18 of the
9 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
10 § 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of
11 liquor or malt or brewed beverages.
12 * * *
13 (b) [Penalty] Minimum penalty.--In addition to the penalty
14 imposed pursuant to section 6310.4 (relating to restriction of
15 operating privileges), a person convicted of violating
16 subsection (a) [may] shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not
17 more than $500 [for the second and each subsequent violation].
18 There shall be no authority in any court to impose on an
1 offender any lesser sentence than the minimum sentence mandated
2 by this subsection. No court shall have the authority to suspend
3 any sentence as defined in this section.
4 * * *
5 § 6310.3. Carrying a false identification card.
6 * * *
7 (b) Minimum penalty.--In addition to any other penalty
8 imposed pursuant to section 6310.4 (relating to restriction of
9 operating privileges) or any other statute, a person who is
10 convicted of violating subsection (a) shall be sentenced to pay
11 a fine of not more than $500 [for the second and subsequent
12 violations]. No court shall have the authority to suspend any
13 sentence as defined in this section.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. The amendment of 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 6308(b) and
16 6310.3(b) shall apply to sentences imposed on or after the
17 effective date of this act.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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