Pennsylvania Act 2000-4 — CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S.) - AMEND MINORS BREWED BEVERAGES

Act text

Session of 2000

No. 2000-4

SB 824

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages by minors.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 6308(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 6308. Purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of liquor or malt or brewed beverages.

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a summary offense if he, being less than 21 years of age, attempts to purchase, purchases, consumes, possesses or knowingly and intentionally transports any liquor or malt or brewed beverages, as defined in section 6310.6 (relating to definitions). For the purposes of this section, it shall not be a defense that the liquor or malt or brewed beverage was consumed in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction where the citation for underage drinking was issued.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 17th day of March, A. D. 2000.

THOMAS J. RIDGE