PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1892 PRINTER'S NO. 2105
No. 1546 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY M. BAKER, HASAY, KAISER, STERN, ARGALL, J. BAKER,
BARRAR, BASTIAN, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CLARK, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeLUCA,
DiGIROLAMO, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GODSHALL, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JADLOWIEC, JOSEPHS, KREBS, LEH,
LEWIS, LYNCH, MAHER, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MARSICO, McCALL,
McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, NAILOR, PALLONE, PETRONE, PICKETT,
RAYMOND, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SEMMEL,
B. SMITH, STABACK, STRITTMATTER, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, WALKO,
WILT, WOJNAROSKI, ZUG AND SCHULER, MAY 8, 2001
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for identity theft.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4120(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 4120. Identity theft.
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9 (c) Grading.--The offenses shall be graded as follows:
10 (1) [A] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2), A first <--
11 offense under this section is a [misdemeanor
12 of the first degree] felony of the third degree, and a second
13 or subsequent offense under this section is a felony of the
1 [third] second degree.
2 (2) When a person commits an offense under subsection
3 (a) and the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or
4 older, the grading of the offense shall be [one grade higher <--
5 than specified in paragraph (1)] A FELONY OF THE SECOND <--
6 DEGREE.
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8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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