PRINTER'S NO. 824
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
765
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, SCARNATI, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, BAKER,
BOSCOLA, EICHELBERGER, HUTCHINSON, MENSCH, PILEGGI, SCHWANK,
TEPLITZ, WARD, YAW AND YUDICHAK, MAY 1, 2015
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MAY 1, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for
the definition of "emergency service responder" and providing
for the definitions of "electric cooperative personnel" and
"electric utility personnel"; and, in rules of the road in
general, further providing for duty of driver in emergency
response areas.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "emergency service responder"
in section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph and the section is
amended by adding definitions 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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"Electric cooperative personnel." Individuals who:
(1) work as employees or contractors of an electric
cooperative;
(2) provide disaster emergency-related services,
including repair, renovation, installation, construction and
activities related to damaged, impaired or destroyed
infrastructure; and
(3) perform services under paragraph (2) within the
first 72 hours after a declared emergency or until the
expiration of a declared emergency, whichever is later.
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"Electric utility personnel." Individuals who:
(1) work as employees or contractors of an electric
utility;
(2) provide disaster emergency-related services,
including repair, renovation, installation, construction and
activities related to damaged, impaired or destroyed
infrastructure; and
(3) perform services under paragraph (2) within the
first 72 hours after a declared emergency or until the
expiration of a declared emergency, whichever is later.
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"Emergency service responder." An individual acting in an
official capacity as any of the following:
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(14) Electric cooperative personnel and electric utility
personnel.
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Section 2. Section 3327(f) of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 3327. Duty of driver in emergency response areas.
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(f) Definition.--As used in this section, the term
"emergency response area" means [the] any of the following:
(1) The area in which emergency service responders
render emergency assistance to individuals on or near a
roadway or a police officer is conducting a traffic stop or
systematic check of vehicles or controlling or directing
traffic as long as the emergency vehicle is making use of
visual signals meeting the requirements of Subchapter D of
Chapter 45.
(2) The area in which electric cooperative personnel or
electric utility personnel provide disaster emergency-related
services within the first 72 hours after a declared emergency
or until the expiration of a declared emergency, whichever is
later, as long as the electric cooperative personnel or
electric utility personnel vehicle is making use of visual
signals as authorized under section 4572(b) (relating to
visual signals on authorized vehicles).
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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