PRINTER'S NO. 144
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
185
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DRISCOLL, W. KELLER, MURT, D. COSTA, McNEILL,
KINSEY, V. BROWN AND ROEBUCK, JANUARY 23, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in special vehicles and pedestrians, providing for
equipment for self-propelled wheelchairs and electrical
mobility devices.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3549.1. Equipment for self-propelled wheelchairs and
electrical mobility devices.
(a) General rule.--Every self-propelled wheelchair and
electrical mobility device operated and designed for the
exclusive use of a person with a mobility-related disability
when operated on a sidewalk, sidewalk area or highway between
sunset and sunrise shall be equipped with a red reflector facing
to the rear and a reflector on the front and each side, all of
which reflectors are visible from at least 500 feet.
(b) Prohibition.--No person may sell a self-propelled
wheelchair or electrical mobility device, whether new or used,
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unless it is equipped as required by this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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