PRINTER'S NO. 2484
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2139
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, SCHLEGEL CULVER, KAUFFMAN, RYAN, THOMAS,
COX, ROTHMAN, LONGIETTI, STAMBAUGH, MIZGORSKI, BERNSTINE,
BURGOS, ORTITAY AND MOUL, DECEMBER 7, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 7, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in turnpike, further providing for
electronic toll collection.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8117 of Title 74 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 8117. Electronic toll collection.
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(d.1) Notice for malfunctioning electronic toll collection
devices.--
(1) If the commission is unable to collect a toll from a
toll collection account holder due to a malfunctioning or
unreadable electronic toll collection device, the commission
shall send a notice, in a manner as required by paragraph
(2), to the account holder of the malfunctioning or
unreadable electronic toll collection device. The notice
shall contain all of the following:
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(i) The date on which the toll was unable to be
collected due to the malfunctioning or unreadable
electronic toll collection device.
(ii) Solutions to address common causes of a
malfunctioning or unreadable electronic toll collection
device and instructions to replace an electronic toll
collection device.
(iii) A warning that the commission may impose a fee
for the toll that was unable to be collected from the
account holder due to the malfunctioning or unreadable
electronic toll collection device, whether the fee is
being imposed and the fee amount.
(iv) Other information at the discretion of the
commission.
(2) The notice required under paragraph (1) shall be
sent by the commission to the account holder's electronic
mail address that was provided by the account holder for the
establishment of the electronic toll collection account. The
notice shall be sent within 24 hours of the date on which the
uncollected toll occurred.
(3) The commission is prohibited from imposing a fee for
a toll that was unable to be collected from an account holder
due to a malfunctioning or unreadable electronic toll
collection device unless the notice requirements of this
subsection are met.
(4) If the commission attempts to send a notice required
by this subsection to an electronic mail address provided by
an account holder and determines that the electronic mail
address is not valid or is undeliverable, the commission
shall be considered to have met the notice requirements of
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this subsection.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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