PRINTER'S NO. 1476
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1042
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA AND RESCHENTHALER, FEBRUARY 9, 2018
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 9, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in arson, criminal mischief and other
property destruction, further providing for the offense of
arson and related offenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3301(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3301. Arson and related offenses.
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(c) Arson endangering property.--A person commits a felony
of the second degree if he intentionally starts a fire or causes
an explosion, whether on his own property or that of another, or
if he aids, counsels, pays or agrees to pay another to cause a
fire or explosion, and if:
(1) he commits the act with intent of destroying or
damaging a building or unoccupied structure, whether his own
or of another;
(2) he thereby recklessly places an inhabited building
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or occupied structure, whether his own or of another, in
danger of damage or destruction; or
(3) he commits the act with intent of destroying or
damaging any property, whether his own or of another, to
collect insurance for such loss.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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