PRINTER'S NO. 513

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 462 Session of 1993


        INTRODUCED BY COY, MELIO, LINTON, GRUPPO, PETRARCA, FLEAGLE,
           L. I. COHEN, YANDRISEVITS, PESCI, MIHALICH, STERN, TANGRETTI,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, DALEY, PLATTS, REBER, CORRIGAN, TULLI, MARSICO,
           KELLER, MILLER, RICHARDSON, PISTELLA, DRUCE, KENNEY, CIVERA,
           GERLACH, RUBLEY, J. TAYLOR, BATTISTO, KASUNIC, MASLAND,
           JOSEPHS, EGOLF AND TOMLINSON, MARCH 15, 1993

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 15, 1993

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for the penalty for violation of
     3     the duty of a driver when approaching a school bus displaying
     4     flashing red signal lights.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 3345(j) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     8  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     9  § 3345.  Meeting or overtaking school bus.
    10     * * *
    11     (j)  Penalty.--Any person violating subsection (a) or (f.1)
    12  is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
    13  sentenced to pay a fine of [$100] $500.
    14     Section 2.  This act shall apply to offenses committed on or
    15  after the effective date of this act.
    16     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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