PRINTER'S NO. 2546
No. 1982 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, BONETTO, DeMEDIO, LAUDADIO, BRANDT,
LAUGHLIN, OLIVER, ROSS, SALOOM, LEDERER, O'KEEFE, TAYOUN,
MISCEVICH, ZWIKL, DiCARLO, BERLIN, TOLL, A. P. KELLY,
KOWALYSHYN, PERRY, BERSON, RIEGER, PITTS, ZORD, RUGGIERO,
LYNCH, DOMBROWSKI, MRKONIC, STAPLETON, GILLESPIE, GARZIA,
BRADLEY, LINCOLN, O'BRIEN, McCALL, FRYER, NOVAK, TAYLOR,
SHUMAN, ECKENSBERGER, A. C. FOSTER JR., W. W. WILT, CAPUTO,
CIMINI, MANDERINO, POLITE, GLEESON, TRELLO, ABRAHAM, MENHORN,
COWELL, KERNICK, GEISLER, M. M. MULLEN, REED, PRATT,
M. E. MILLER JR., MILLIRON, ARTHURS, WRIGHT, YAHNER, SHUPNIK,
BEREN, SALVATORE, L. E. SMITH, PARKER, STOUT, KOLTER, CESSAR,
PYLES, TADDONIO, VALICENTI, McGINNIS, KLINGAMAN, BURNS,
KUSSE, W. D. HUTCHINSON, W. W. FOSTER, RENWICK, SHELHAMER,
HOPKINS, WALSH, GILLETTE, SHANE, LETTERMAN, KATZ, R. W. WILT,
SULLIVAN, BRUNNER, RAVENSTAHL, SCHMITT, MUSTO, RICHARDSON,
HAMMOCK, BARBER, GIAMMARCO, BLACKWELL, BELLOMINI, NOYE,
RAPPAPORT, RHODES, GLEASON, WHELAN, CUMBERLAND, WEIDNER,
JOHNSON, USTYNOSKI AND MYERS, NOVEMBER 25, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 26, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," prohibiting the publication or sale
6 of certain records and providing penalties.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 619.2, act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58,
10 No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code," added January 24, 1966
11 (1965 P.L.1497, No.527), is amended by adding a subsection to
12 read:
1 Section 619.2. Compilation of Statistics.--* * *
2 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
3 contrary, it shall be unlawful for any employe of the Department
4 of Transportation, or any employe of any department or agency
5 which receives or reviews statistics compiled under this
6 section, to sell, publish or disclose or offer to sell, publish
7 or disclose any statistics compiled under the provisions of this
8 act. It shall be unlawful for any individual to purchase, secure
9 or procure or offer to purchase, secure, or procure any
10 statistics compiled under the provisions of this act.
11 Any individual violating the provisions of this subsection
12 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and sentenced to pay a fine of
13 two thousand five hundred dollars ( $2,500) or serve a term in
14 prison of one (1) year or both.
15 The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any
16 court ordered release, to any criminal investigation by a grand
17 jury or district attorney or to a police officer in the
18 performance of his lawful duties provided said police officer
19 furnishes a written authorization from the head of the police
20 force for such records.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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