PRINTER'S NO. 167
No. 154 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LASHINGER, D. W. SNYDER, CORNELL, ITKIN, DEMPSEY,
BORTNER, VROON, DeLUCA, NOYE, SCHULER, E. Z. TAYLOR, MERRY
AND SAURMAN, JANUARY 30, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further defining the offense of fleeing or
3 attempting to elude a police officer.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3733(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3733. Fleeing or attempting to elude police officer.
9 (a) Offense defined.--Any driver of a motor vehicle who
10 willfully fails or refuses to bring his vehicle to a stop, or
11 who otherwise flees or attempts to elude a [pursuing police
12 vehicle] police officer, when given visual or audible signal to
13 bring the vehicle to a stop, [is guilty of] commits a summary
14 offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
15 of $200.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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