A civil liberties group says a central Pennsylvania college town's plan to hold party hosts responsible for any illegal activities of guests would be unconstitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union has told State College that it will consider a legal challenge if the proposed ``nuisance gathering ordinance'' slated for a hearing Monday night is approved.
Council President Elizabeth Goreham says the ACLU's stand ``casts a shadow over that ordinance.''
Police chief Tom King says it was modeled upon similar ordinances in two other college towns, including Bloomsburg.
Under the proposal, the host of a gathering of 10 or more people could be subject to summary offense fines from $300 to $600 or 30 days in jail if the gathering results in certain illegal activities within 100 feet. They include excessive noise, fights, obscene conduct, underage drinking, public drunkenness, criminal mischief, drug-dealing or lewdness.
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