PRINTER'S NO. 4352
No. 2824 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY CAWLEY, AUGUST 16, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 16, 2004
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, providing for protection of children from 3 secondhand smoke. 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 § 4587. Secondhand smoke. 9 (a) Scope.--This section applies to all of the following: 10 (1) Passenger cars. 11 (2) Class I trucks. 12 (3) Class II trucks. 13 (4) Classic motor vehicles. 14 (5) Antique motor vehicles. 15 (6) Motor homes. 16 (b) Prohibition.--If a child under eight years of age is in 17 a motor vehicle designated in subsection (a), an individual may 18 not smoke or carry a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in that
1 motor vehicle. 2 (c) Offense.--An individual who violates this section 3 commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be 4 sentenced to pay a fine of $25. The court imposing the fine 5 shall transfer the fine to the State Treasurer for deposit in 6 the fund under section 4582 (relating to Child Passenger 7 Restraint Fund). 8 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. G29L75VDL/20040H2824B4352 - 2 -