PRINTER'S NO. 72
No. 93 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GODSHALL, HENNESSEY, WILT, CAPPABIANCA, CAWLEY,
GEORGE, LAUGHLIN, PRESTON, SEYFERT AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JANUARY 20, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 20, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further prohibiting use of dyed diesel fuel on
3 highways.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9019(f) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 9019. Diesel fuel importers and transporters; prohibiting use
9 of dyed diesel fuel on highways; violations and
10 penalties.
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12 (f) Civil penalty.--In addition to any penalty provided in
13 subsection (d), a person who violates subsection (c)(1) or (2)
14 shall be assessed a penalty [of] not to exceed $1,000 or $10 per
15 gallon of dyed diesel fuel involved in the sale, delivery or
16 consumption, whichever amount is more. This amount shall be
17 multiplied by the number of prior penalties imposed on the
18 violator under this subsection. The resulting product shall be
1 the penalty to be imposed. In assessing the amount of civil
2 penalty, the department shall determine if there are any
3 circumstances which mitigate the violation.
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5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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