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PRINTER'S NO. 329
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
353
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, DONATUCCI, JAMES, PASHINSKI, HILL-EVANS,
McNEILL, ULLMAN, THOMAS, MILLARD, MURT, FREEMAN, ISAACSON,
HOWARD, DEASY, DRISCOLL, BROOKS, CIRESI, NEILSON, SCHWEYER,
RAVENSTAHL, ROEBUCK, BIZZARRO, READSHAW, MARKOSEK, TOOHIL,
SAPPEY, SIMS AND SAINATO, FEBRUARY 4, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
for the offense of corrupt organizations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 911(h)(1) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 911. Corrupt organizations.
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(h) Definitions.--As used in this section:
(1) "Racketeering activity" means all of the following:
(i) An act which is indictable under any of the
following provisions of this title:
Chapter 25 (relating to criminal homicide)
Section 2706 (relating to terroristic threats)
Chapter 29 (relating to kidnapping)
Chapter 30 (relating to human trafficking)
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Chapter 33 (relating to arson, criminal mischief
and other property destruction)
Chapter 37 (relating to robbery)
Chapter 39 (relating to theft and related
offenses)
Section 4108 (relating to commercial bribery and
breach of duty to act disinterestedly)
Section 4109 (relating to rigging publicly
exhibited contest)
Section 4117 (relating to insurance fraud)
Chapter 47 (relating to bribery and corrupt
influence)
Chapter 49 (relating to falsification and
intimidation)
Section 5111 (relating to dealing in proceeds of
unlawful activities)
Section 5512 (relating to lotteries, etc.)
Section 5513 (relating to gambling devices,
gambling, etc.)
Section 5514 (relating to pool selling and
bookmaking)
Section 5543(1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) (relating
to animal fighting)
Chapter 59 (relating to public indecency).
(ii) An offense indictable under section 13 of the
act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The
Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act
(relating to the sale and dispensing of narcotic drugs).
(iii) A conspiracy to commit any of the offenses set
forth in subparagraph (i), (ii) and (v).
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(iv) The collection of any money or other property
in full or partial satisfaction of a debt which arose as
the result of the lending of money or other property at a
rate of interest exceeding 25% per annum or the
equivalent rate for a longer or shorter period, where not
otherwise authorized by law.
(v) An offense indictable under 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II
(relating to gaming).
An act which otherwise would be considered racketeering
activity by reason of the application of this paragraph,
shall not be excluded from its application solely because the
operative acts took place outside the jurisdiction of this
Commonwealth, if such acts would have been in violation of
the law of the jurisdiction in which they occurred.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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