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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BRENNAN, FABRIZIO, JOSEPHS, KULA, MIRABITO, MURT, READSHAW, SAINATO AND STABACK, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in enforcement, providing for authority to arrest |
3 | or cite outside of State park or forest lands. |
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 | § 6314. Authority to arrest or cite outside of State park or |
9 | forest lands. |
10 | Individuals appointed and commissioned by the Department of |
11 | Conservation and Natural Resources to preserve order in the |
12 | State park or State forest lands are specifically authorized to |
13 | enforce those provisions of this title which designate |
14 | violations as summary offenses of operation of an all-terrain |
15 | vehicle even if the violation occurs outside of State park and |
16 | State forest lands. The authority to enforce those provisions |
17 | includes the power to stop vehicles suspected of summary |
18 | offenses, to issue citations for summary offenses and, if a |
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1 | vehicle is stopped for a suspected summary offense, to make |
2 | arrests where evidence appears of additional offenses designated |
3 | as misdemeanors or felonies. |
4 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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