PRINTER'S NO. 1460
No. 1257 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BOYES, GEIST, CAPPABIANCA, BARD, LAUGHLIN, MELIO,
TRELLO, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, COLEMAN, COSTA, CURRY, DeLUCA,
J. EVANS, HARHAI, HERMAN, HORSEY, McCALL, MICOZZIE, READSHAW,
RUBLEY, SAINATO, SATHER, SCHULER, SCRIMENTI, SHANER, SOLOBAY,
STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR AND TRAVAGLIO, APRIL 3, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 3, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for obedience to signal
3 indicating approach of train.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3341 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 3341. Obedience to signal indicating approach of train.
9 * * *
10 (b.1) Signs.--Railroad crossings shall be posted in
11 accordance with departmental regulations which shall require
12 signs stating the penalties for a violation of this section and
13 require that the signs be replaced when they become either
14 obsolete or missing. A railroad company shall post and maintain
15 such signs at railroad crossings located on property owned by
16 the railroad company. Costs associated with the posting,
17 maintenance and replacement of the signs shall be borne by the
1 railroad company responsible for signing the particular railroad
2 crossing. It is no defense to prosecution under this section
3 that a sign required by this subsection is defaced, obstructed
4 or missing.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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