PRINTER'S NO. 2809
No. 2185 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY MISCEVICH, OLASZ, SEVENTY, TRELLO, COWELL,
PISTELLA, PETRONE, DAWIDA, DUFFY, GAMBLE, PENDLETON, HORGOS,
GRABOWSKI, MRKONIC, RASCO AND KUKOVICH, JANUARY 26, 1982
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 26, 1982
AN ACT
1 Prohibiting the purchase of certain mass transit vehicles and
2 prescribing penalties.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The following words and phrases when used in this
6 act shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise
7 the meanings given to them in this section.
8 "Local transportation organization." Any political
9 subdivision or any mass transportation, port, redevelopment or
10 airport authority now or hereafter organized under the law of
11 Pennsylvania or pursuant to an interstate compact or otherwise
12 empowered to render, contract for the rendering, or assist in
13 the rendering of transportation service in a limited area in the
14 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, even though it may also render or
15 assist in rendering transportation service in adjacent states.
16 "Mass transit vehicle." A self-propelled or electrically
17 propelled vehicle designed for carrying 15 or more passengers,
1 exclusive of the driver, other than a taxicab, designed and used
2 for the transportation of persons for compensation including but
3 not limited to, subway cars, trolleys, trackless trolleys and
4 railroad passenger cars.
5 Section 2. (a) It shall be unlawful for any local
6 transportation organization to specify or purchase mass transit
7 vehicles which have not been manufactured and assembled in their
8 entirety within the United States of America.
9 (b) It shall be unlawful for any local transportation
10 organization to specify or purchase mass transit vehicle
11 replacement parts which have not been manufactured in their
12 entirety in the United States of America.
13 Section 3. Any person who violates the provisions of section
14 2 shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third
15 degree and may be sentenced to undergo a term of imprisonment
16 not to exceed one year, to pay a fine of not more than $2,500 or
17 both.
18 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days but shall
19 not apply to any contract awarded pursuant to an invitation for
20 bids issued on or before such date.
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