PRINTER'S NO. 2115

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 1783 Session of 1981

        INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, DAVIES, COCHRAN, BOWSER, E. Z. TAYLOR,
           ALDEN, LEWIS, TELEK, VROON AND PISTELLA, JULY 21, 1981

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 21, 1981

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for the location of loading zones
     3     for school children.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 3345(h) of Title 75, act of November 25,
     7  1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     8  Statutes, is amended to read:
     9  § 3345.  Meeting or overtaking school bus.
    10     * * *
    11     (h)  Loading zones for school children.--Every school
    12  district transporting school children by school bus shall
    13  establish and maintain school bus loading zones at or near all
    14  schools to or from which school children are transported and
    15  shall establish school bus loading zones along the highways
    16  traversed by school buses in accordance with regulations
    17  promulgated by the department. Loading zones located along
    18  highways shall be at such sites as provide at least 500 feet of

     1  clear vision along the highway in both directions.
     2     * * *
     3     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 90 days.


















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