PRINTER'S NO. 1533
No. 1152 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, COSTA, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, RAFFERTY, MELLOW, WASHINGTON, REGOLA, TOMLINSON AND BAKER, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the 3 commencement of actions. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 5551(5) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 5551. No limitation applicable. 9 A prosecution for the following offenses may be commenced at 10 any time: 11 * * * 12 (5) A violation of [75 Pa.C.S. § 3742 (relating to 13 accidents involving death or personal injury) or 3732 14 (relating to homicide by vehicle)] any of the following if 15 the accused was the driver of a vehicle involved in an 16 accident resulting in the death of any person[.]: 17 (i) 75 Pa.C.S. § 3732 (relating to homicide by 18 vehicle).
1 (ii) 75 Pa.C.S. § 3735 (relating to homicide by 2 vehicle while driving under influence). 3 (iii) 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742 (relating to accidents 4 involving death or personal injury). 5 (iv) 75 Pa.C.S. § 3742.1 (relating to accidents 6 involving death or personal injury while not properly 7 licensed). 8 * * * 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. H6L42JS/20070S1152B1533 - 2 -