PRINTER'S NO. 1828
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1233
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY AUMENT, EICHELBERGER, TEPLITZ, RAFFERTY,
BARTOLOTTA, COSTA, SCHWANK, VULAKOVICH, YUDICHAK AND HUGHES,
MAY 18, 2016
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 18, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for
the definitions of "emergency service responder" and
"emergency vehicle."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "emergency service responder"
and "emergency vehicle" in section 102 of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, amended November 4, 2015
(P.L.227, No.61), are amended to read:
§ 102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
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"Emergency service responder." An individual acting in an
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official capacity as any of the following:
(1) A police officer.
(2) A sheriff or deputy sheriff.
(3) A coroner or deputy coroner.
(4) A firefighter.
(5) Fire police.
(6) A fire marshal.
(7) A medical examiner or deputy medical examiner.
(8) Rescue personnel.
(9) Ambulance personnel.
(10) Towing and recovery personnel.
(11) Highway maintenance and construction personnel.
(12) Hazardous material response team member.
(13) Emergency medical services personnel.
(14) Contractors or employees of a public utility as
defined under 66 Pa.C.S. § 102 (relating to definitions), a
municipally owned utility or an electric cooperative as
defined in 15 Pa.C.S. Ch. 73 (relating to electric
cooperative corporations).
(15) A police officer who is also a member of a county
or regional municipal Special Emergency Response Team which
is authorized to respond to emergencies under 42 Pa.C.S. §
8953 (relating to Statewide municipal police jurisdiction).
"Emergency vehicle." A State or county emergency management
vehicle, fire department vehicle, police vehicle, sheriff
vehicle, ambulance, advanced life support squad vehicle, basic
life support squad vehicle, emergency canteen support service
organization vehicle, blood delivery vehicle, human organ
delivery vehicle, hazardous material response vehicle, armed
forces emergency vehicle, one vehicle operated by a coroner or
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chief county medical examiner and one vehicle operated by a
chief deputy coroner or deputy chief county medical examiner
used for answering emergency calls, a vehicle owned by or leased
to a regional emergency medical services council that is used as
authorized by the Department of Health to respond to an actual
or potential disaster, mass casualty situation or substantial
threat to public health, a vehicle owned by a county or regional
police association and operated by a police officer that is used
for police transport or victim extraction, any vehicle operated
by a special agent, special agent supervisor, narcotics agent or
narcotics agent supervisor while performing official duties as
employees of the Office of Attorney General, any vehicle owned
and operated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority established
in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (relating to parking
authorities) and used in the enforcement of 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 57
(relating to taxicabs and limousines in first class cities), a
vehicle owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission that is used by an emergency service responder as
dispatched by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's traffic
operations center, or any other vehicle designated by the State
Police under section 6106 (relating to designation of emergency
vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police), or a privately owned
vehicle used in answering an emergency call when used by any of
the following:
(1) A police chief and assistant chief.
(2) A fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire
company has three or more fire vehicles, a second or third
assistant chief.
(3) A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.
(4) An ambulance corps commander and assistant
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commander.
(5) A river rescue commander and assistant commander.
(6) A county emergency management coordinator.
(7) A fire marshal.
(8) A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
(9) The chief or operations director of a county
hazardous materials response team.
(10) A police officer who is also a member of a county
or regional municipal Special Emergency Response Team which
is authorized to respond to emergencies under 42 Pa.C.S. §
8953 (relating to Statewide municipal police jurisdiction).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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