PRINTER'S NO. 1662
No. 1413 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY BONETTO, KOLTER, LAUGHLIN, GREEN, MILLIRON, ZWIKL,
RITTER AND BEREN, JUNE 10, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, JUNE 10, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 19, 1974 (No.176), entitled "An act
2 providing for a compensation system for persons injured in
3 motor vehicle accidents; requiring insurance for all motor
4 vehicles required to be registered in Pennsylvania; defining
5 compensable damage in motor vehicle accident cases;
6 establishing an assigned claims plan; providing for
7 arbitration; imposing powers and duties on courts, the
8 Department of Transportation and the Insurance Commissioner;
9 prohibiting certain discrimination; and providing penalties,"
10 correcting errors of reference.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 601, act of July 19, 1974 (No.176), known
14 as the "Pennsylvania No-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Act," is
15 amended to read:
16 § 601. Operation of a vehicle without security.
17 Any owner of a passenger vehicle, for which the existence of
18 security for basic loss benefits and tort liability insurance is
19 a requirement for its legal operation upon the public highways
20 of this State, under either section 104 or 110 of this act or
21 sections [418, 419 or 420] 1418, 1419, or 1420, act of April 29,
22 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as The Vehicle Code, who operates
1 such motor vehicle or permits it to be operated upon a public
2 highway in this State without having in full force and effect
3 security complying with the terms of section 104 is guilty of a
4 misdemeanor. And any other person who operates such a motor
5 vehicle upon a public highway in this Commonwealth with the
6 knowledge that the owner does not have such security in full
7 force and effect is guilty of a misdemeanor. And each person
8 convicted of a misdemeanor under the terms of this section may
9 be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than
10 five hundred dollars ($500) or may be imprisoned for not more
11 than six months or both.
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