Pennsylvania Act 2013-97 — CRIMES CODE (18 PA.C.S.) - IDENTITY THEFT

Act text

Session of 2013

No. 2013-97

HB 714

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of identity theft.

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

Section 1. Section 4120(c)(2) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4120. Identity theft.

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(c) Grading.--The offenses shall be graded as follows:

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(2) When a person commits an offense under subsection (a) and the victim of the offense is 60 years of age or older [or] , a care-dependent person as defined in section 2713 (relating to neglect of care-dependent person) or an individual under 18 years of age , the grading of the offense shall be one grade higher than specified in paragraph (1).

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

APPROVED--The 27th day of November, A.D. 2013.

TOM CORBETT