PRINTER'S NO. 953
No. 791 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY DALLY, CALTAGIRONE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, KILLION,
PETRARCA, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, STABACK, TIGUE, WALKO
AND BOYD, MARCH 14, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 14, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the prohibition against
3 pedestrians soliciting rides or business on roadways and
4 highways.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 3545 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 3545. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
10 No person shall:
11 (1) Stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a
12 ride.
13 (2) (i) Stand on a roadway for the purpose of
14 soliciting employment, business or contributions from the
15 occupant of any vehicle.
16 (ii) This provision does not apply to a charitable
17 organization registered under the act of December 19,
18 1990 (P.L.1200, No.202), known as the Solicitation of
1 Funds for Charitable Purposes Act, which has the approval
2 of the political subdivision in which the solicitation
3 takes place.
4 (3) Stand on or in proximity to a highway for the
5 purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle
6 while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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