PRINTER'S NO. 628
No. 566 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY PETRONE, MELIO, CAWLEY, SAURMAN, CORNELL,
PETRARCA, TRELLO, GIGLIOTTI, KOSINSKI, VEON, PISTELLA,
LAUGHLIN, J. L. WRIGHT, DALEY, OLIVER, GEIST AND HOWLETT,
FEBRUARY 15, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for antitheft devices; and providing a
3 penalty.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4537. Antitheft devices.
9 (a) Prohibition.--No person may sell or operate on a highway
10 in this Commonwealth a vehicle that is manufactured or assembled
11 after January 1, 1990, and that is registered in this
12 Commonwealth unless the vehicle is equipped with an antitheft
13 device that is in compliance with regulations of the department.
14 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
15 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
16 a fine of $35.
17 Section 2. The department shall promulgate regulations to
1 administer this act.
2 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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