PENNSYLVANIA, March 10 - PRINTER'S NO. 374

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

340

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, MARCH 10, 2021

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 10, 2021

AN ACT

Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in arson, criminal mischief and other

property destruction, further providing for the offense of

arson and related offenses.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 3301(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 3301. Arson and related offenses.

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(c) Arson endangering property.--A person commits a felony

of the second degree if he intentionally starts a fire or causes

an explosion, whether on his own property or that of another, or

if he aids, counsels, pays or agrees to pay another to cause a

fire or explosion, and if:

(1) he commits the act with intent of destroying or

damaging a building or unoccupied structure, whether his own

or of another;

(2) he thereby recklessly places an inhabited building

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