PRINTER'S NO. 215
No. 228 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY ROEBUCK, CORRIGAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, READSHAW,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, STURLA, WALKO, C. WILLIAMS AND WATERS,
JANUARY 25, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 25, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for penalties for
3 trafficking drugs to minors.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6314(a) and (b)(3) of Title 18 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 6314. Sentencing and penalties for trafficking drugs to
9 minors.
10 (a) General rule.--A person [over] 18 years of age or older
11 who is convicted in any court of this Commonwealth of a
12 violation of section 13(a)(14) or (30) of the act of April 14,
13 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug,
14 Device and Cosmetic Act, shall, if the delivery or possession
15 with intent to deliver of the controlled substance was to a
16 minor, be sentenced to a minimum sentence of at least one year
17 total confinement, notwithstanding any other provision of this
18 title or other statute to the contrary.
1 (b) Additional penalties.--In addition to the mandatory
2 minimum sentence set forth in subsection (a), the person shall
3 be sentenced to an additional minimum sentence of at least two
4 years total confinement, notwithstanding any other provision of
5 this title or other statute to the contrary, if the person did
6 any of the following:
7 * * *
8 (3) Committed the offense within 1,000 feet of the real
9 property on which is located a public, private or parochial
10 school or a college or university, playground or community
11 recreational center.
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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