PRINTER'S NO. 828
No. 749 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, GEIST, CLYMER, FAIRCHILD, LYNCH, CLARK,
SATHER, STABACK, YOUNGBLOOD, McCALL, HERMAN, PETTIT, TRELLO,
E. Z. TAYLOR, CIVERA, EGOLF, BELFANTI, PLATTS, MERRY AND
ITKIN, FEBRUARY 14, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 14, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring reflective tape on the harnesses of
3 animals pulling animal-drawn vehicles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4303(e) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4303. General lighting requirements.
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10 (e) Equipment exempted by regulation.--[Antique]
11 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), antique motor
12 vehicles, animal-drawn vehicles, implements of husbandry,
13 commercial implements of husbandry and special mobile
14 equipment, if operated exclusively between the hours of
15 sunrise and sunset and not during periods of reduced
16 visibility or insufficient illumination, may be exempted from
17 certain lighting equipment requirements of this part by
1 regulations of the department.
2 (2) The harness of each animal pulling an animal-drawn
3 vehicle shall have attached thereto a minimum of three inches
4 by one inch of white American Society for Testing Materials
5 grade type 5 retro reflective tape or other such white tape
6 approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety
7 Administration for use on highway vehicles if the animal-
8 drawn vehicle is operated between sunset and sunrise or
9 during periods of reduced visibility or insufficient
10 illumination.
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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