PRINTER'S NO. 219
No. 183 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, BOSCOLA, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, WONDERLING,
RHOADES, COSTA, KITCHEN, ERICKSON, O'PAKE, PILEGGI,
TOMLINSON, BRUBAKER, WOZNIAK, BROWNE AND LOGAN, MARCH 6, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for impersonating a
3 public servant.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4912 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4912. Impersonating a public servant.
9 (a) General rule.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the
10 second degree if he falsely pretends to hold a position in the
11 public service with intent to induce another to submit to such
12 pretended official authority or otherwise to act in reliance
13 upon that pretense to his prejudice.
14 (b) Law enforcement officer.--A person commits a felony of
15 the third degree if by action, word or attire the person
16 purports to be, or conveys the impression that the person is, a
17 police officer or any other type of law enforcement officer,
18 with intent to induce another person to submit to false official
1 authority or to otherwise rely to his or her prejudice upon the
2 false impression created.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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