PRINTER'S NO. 2247
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1567
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, BENNINGHOFF, GREINER, DIAMOND, V. BROWN,
D. COSTA, PASHINSKI, WARD, MILLARD, RAPP, McGINNIS, TAYLOR,
BOBACK, CAUSER, WATSON, DUSH, GABLER, PETRI, SAYLOR, GILLEN
AND FARRY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in theft and related offenses,
defining the offense of theft of secondary metal; and
prescribing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3935 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, added November 6, 2014 (P.L.2921,
No.192), is reenacted to read:
ยง 3935. Theft of secondary metal.
(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of theft
of secondary metal if the person unlawfully takes or attempts to
take possession of, carries away or exercises unlawful control
over any secondary metal with intent to deprive the rightful
owner thereof.
(b) Grading.--Except as set forth in subsection (c):
(1) An offense under this section constitutes a
misdemeanor of the third degree when the value of the
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