HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 277

AMEND House Bill No. 277 by deleting line 4 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof “ (i)(1) Except as provided under paragraph (i)(2) of this section, the Court of Common Pleas has exclusive original jurisdiction of a violation of this section.

(2) If a violation of this section may be joined properly with a felony or other offense within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court, the violation of this section is within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court. ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment clarifies the intent of HB 277 to provide the Court of Common Pleas with sole original jurisdiction, to the exclusion of the Justice of the Peace Court, of offenses under section 4172 of Title 21, and that a violation of this section is within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court when it is joined with another offense that is within the jurisdiction of the Superior Court.