PRINTER'S NO. 367
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
400
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KAUFFMAN, PICKETT, JOZWIAK, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE AND
GILLEN, MARCH 14, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 14, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in proprietary and official rights,
further providing for use of carts, cases, trays, baskets,
boxes and other containers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6712(h) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 6712. Use of carts, cases, trays, baskets, boxes and other
containers.
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(h) Penalty.--The following shall apply:
(1) A person who violates [this section]:
(i) Subsection (e) by taking three or more
containers commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ii) Any other subsection commits a summary offense
[and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
not exceeding $300 or to imprisonment for not more than
90 days].
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(2) Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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