PRINTER'S NO. 3029
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1924
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KNOWLES, D. MILLER, THOMAS, GIBBONS, MILLARD,
NEILSON, JAMES, MURT, BOBACK, D. COSTA, WARD, KAUFFMAN,
PHILLIPS-HILL, SAINATO, HEFFLEY, FARRY, REED AND SCHEMEL,
MARCH 24, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 24, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for
visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4571(b.1) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 4571. Visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.
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(b.1) Mounted lights and additional equipment.--
(1) Police, sheriff and fire vehicles may be equipped
with a mounted rack containing one or more emergency warning
lights or side mounted floodlights or alley lights or all
such lights in conformance with department regulations.
(2) Additional visual or audible warning signal
equipment, including, but not limited to, flashing headlamp
system, flashing or revolving white or clear lights, steady
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burning lights, traffic-control emergency directional light
assembly, amber lights and intersection lights, may be
utilized on emergency vehicles in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the department.
(3) The department may not prohibit the use of flashing
or revolving lights mounted internally in the passenger
compartment of fire department vehicles or privately owned
vehicles used in answering an emergency call when used by a
fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire company has
three or more fire vehicles, a second or third assistant
chief.
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Section 2. The provisions of 67 Pa. Code are abrogated to
the extent of any inconsistency with the amendment of 75 Pa.C.S.
§ 4571(b.1).
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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