18 Pa.C.S. § 5
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Projected increases in State prison population.
Official statutory text
Within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing shall, for the purpose of advising the General Assembly concerning future prison
construction expenditures, publish projected increases in the State prison population resulting from implementation of this act. Explanatory Note. Act 21 amended section 1103 of Title 18 and sections 6335, 9712, 9713 and 9714 of Title 42. 1997, MAY 9, P.L.142, NO.8 Preamble The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) That look-alike or act-alike drugs are those drugs which are regularly marketed as stimulants or weight-loss aids and in their appearance look and in their effect act upon the body like illegal stimulants containing amphetamines.
(2) That look-alike or act-alike drugs are composed of various forms of ephedrine.
(3) That these look-alike or act-alike drugs are readily available to the public, regardless of age.
(4) That many children employ the use of look-alike or act-alike drugs as a starter drug prior to the use of illegal controlled substances. Explanatory Note. Act 8 amended or added sections 6314 and 6316 of Title 18. 2000, JUNE 13, P.L.130, NO.25 Preamble The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The Internet is an increasingly valuable medium for communication and the dissemination and collection of information.
(2) The children of this Commonwealth utilize the Internet for entertainment, education and commerce.
(3) Many children in this Commonwealth have access to electronic mail accounts through their parents' accounts, shared accounts or their own personal accounts.
(4) Increasingly advertisers use the Internet to market explicit sexual materials to millions of users of the Internet.
(5) One of the frequently used vehicles for the marketing of explicit sexual materials via the Internet is unsolicited electronic mail messages.
(6) These unsolicited explicit sexual advertisements are sent to computers in Commonwealth households allowing children to view or have access to pornographic materials.
(7) Although there are an increasing number of Internet filtering software titles that parents can use to block access to obscene World Wide Web sites, these filtering software titles are ineffective against explicit sexual material that is sent via electronic mail.
(8) There is no universal method of identifying electronic mail messages that market explicit sexual materials.
(9) Despite the best efforts of parents to protect their children from explicit sexual material via electronic mail messages, they are unable to do so because there is no method
by which they can separate and filter out inappropriate messages from appropriate messages.
(10) The Commonwealth has a compelling interest in protecting children from explicit sexual material.
(11) In doing so, government must enact a narrowly tailored remedy to avoid interfering with the growth or accessibility of this important medium and with the rights of adult users of the Internet under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States and section 7 of
construction expenditures, publish projected increases in the State prison population resulting from implementation of this act. Explanatory Note. Act 21 amended section 1103 of Title 18 and sections 6335, 9712, 9713 and 9714 of Title 42. 1997, MAY 9, P.L.142, NO.8 Preamble The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) That look-alike or act-alike drugs are those drugs which are regularly marketed as stimulants or weight-loss aids and in their appearance look and in their effect act upon the body like illegal stimulants containing amphetamines.
(2) That look-alike or act-alike drugs are composed of various forms of ephedrine.
(3) That these look-alike or act-alike drugs are readily available to the public, regardless of age.
(4) That many children employ the use of look-alike or act-alike drugs as a starter drug prior to the use of illegal controlled substances. Explanatory Note. Act 8 amended or added sections 6314 and 6316 of Title 18. 2000, JUNE 13, P.L.130, NO.25 Preamble The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) The Internet is an increasingly valuable medium for communication and the dissemination and collection of information.
(2) The children of this Commonwealth utilize the Internet for entertainment, education and commerce.
(3) Many children in this Commonwealth have access to electronic mail accounts through their parents' accounts, shared accounts or their own personal accounts.
(4) Increasingly advertisers use the Internet to market explicit sexual materials to millions of users of the Internet.
(5) One of the frequently used vehicles for the marketing of explicit sexual materials via the Internet is unsolicited electronic mail messages.
(6) These unsolicited explicit sexual advertisements are sent to computers in Commonwealth households allowing children to view or have access to pornographic materials.
(7) Although there are an increasing number of Internet filtering software titles that parents can use to block access to obscene World Wide Web sites, these filtering software titles are ineffective against explicit sexual material that is sent via electronic mail.
(8) There is no universal method of identifying electronic mail messages that market explicit sexual materials.
(9) Despite the best efforts of parents to protect their children from explicit sexual material via electronic mail messages, they are unable to do so because there is no method
by which they can separate and filter out inappropriate messages from appropriate messages.
(10) The Commonwealth has a compelling interest in protecting children from explicit sexual material.
(11) In doing so, government must enact a narrowly tailored remedy to avoid interfering with the growth or accessibility of this important medium and with the rights of adult users of the Internet under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States and section 7 of
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