| PRINTER'S NO. 1722 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. | 1239 | Session of 2014 |
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, STACK, ERICKSON, VULAKOVICH, GORDNER, SCHWANK, TOMLINSON AND BRUBAKER, JANUARY 24, 2014
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 24, 2014
AN ACT
1Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2Statutes, further providing for grading.
3The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4hereby enacts as follows:
5Section 1. Section 3803(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7§ 3803. Grading.
8(a) Basic offenses.--[Notwithstanding the provisions of]
9Except as provided in subsection (b):
10(1) An individual who violates section 3802(a) (relating
11to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled
12substance) and has no more than one prior offense commits a
13misdemeanor for which the individual may be sentenced to a
14term of imprisonment of not more than six months and to pay a
15fine under section 3804 (relating to penalties).
16(2) An individual who violates section 3802(a) and has
17more than one prior offense commits a misdemeanor of the
18second degree.
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2Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.