PRINTER'S NO.  1305

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1109

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY MILLER, GEIST, ARGALL, BRENNAN, DALEY, DePASQUALE, EVERETT, GINGRICH, KILLION, MANN, MURT, PICKETT, QUINN, REICHLEY, SIPTROTH AND WATSON, MARCH 25, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 25, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of

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recklessly endangering another person.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 2705 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 2705.  Recklessly endangering another person.

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A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if [he

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recklessly] the person:

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(1)  Recklessly engages in conduct which places or may

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place another person in danger of death or serious bodily

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injury.

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(2)  Is:

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(i)  an operator of a motor vehicle who knowingly

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maneuvers the vehicle to intimidate or harass a

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pedestrian or pedalcyclist; or

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(ii)  an operator or occupant of a motor vehicle who

 


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knowingly directs threatening gestures or language at a

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pedestrian or pedalcyclist on a highway.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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