PRINTER'S NO. 2623
No. 1997 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CALTAGIRONE, CRUZ, LEDERER, RUFFING, THOMAS AND
YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 5, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 5, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, restricting operators from using cellular
3 telephones; and imposing penalties.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
7 is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 3315. Restricting use of cellular telephones.
9 (a) General rule.--No driver shall operate a moving vehicle
10 on a highway of this Commonwealth, which shall include Federal,
11 State and municipal highways, while using a cellular telephone.
12 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a
13 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
14 a fine of:
15 (1) $200 for a first conviction of the offense.
16 (2) $500 plus suspension of operating privileges for a
17 period of one year for a second or subsequent conviction of
18 the offense.
1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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