Pennsylvania Act 1990-7 — CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                   Act of Feb. 14, 1990, P.L. 54, No. 7               Cl. 18
                             Session of 1990
                                No. 1990-7

     HB 227

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, providing for the offense of assault
        on sports official and for penalties for the offense; and
        further providing for the sale of tobacco.

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

        Section 1.  Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
      § 2712.  Assault on sports official.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person who violates section 2701
     (relating to simple assault), where the victim is a sports
     official who was assaulted during a sports event or was
     assaulted as a result of his or her official acts as a sports
     official, is guilty of assault on a sports official.
        (b)  Grading.--Assault on a sports official is a misdemeanor
     of the first degree.
        (c)  Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
     words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
     subsection:
        "Sports event."  Any interscholastic athletic activity in a
     junior high school, high school, college or university in this
     Commonwealth or any other organized athletic activity in this
     Commonwealth, including a professional or semiprofessional
     event.
        "Sports official."  A person at a sports event who enforces
     the rules of the event, such as an umpire or referee, or a
     person who supervises the participants, such as a coach. The
     term includes a trainer, team attendant, game manager, athletic
     director, assistant athletic director, president, dean,
     headmaster, principal and assistant principal of a school,
     college or university.
        Section 2.  Section 6305 of Title 18 is amended to read:
      § 6305.  Sale of tobacco.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary
     offense if he:
            (1)  sells tobacco, in any form, to any minor under the
        age of [16 years, or] 18 years;
            (2)  by purchase, gift or other means, furnishes tobacco,
        in any form, to a minor under the age of [16 years.] 18
        years; or
            (3)  knowingly and falsely represents himself to be 18
        years of age or older to another for the purpose of procuring
        or having furnished to him tobacco in any form.
        (b)  Penalty.--A person who violates this section shall, upon
     conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 for
     a first offense and not less than $100 for a subsequent offense.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 14th day of February, A. D. 1990.

     ROBERT P. CASEY