PRINTER'S NO. 1945
No. 1585 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, WAUGH, RUBLEY, BATTISTO, THOMAS,
SATHER, SCHRODER, FEESE, MANDERINO, BARRAR, LYNCH, HERSHEY,
HANNA, BENNINGHOFF, BROWNE, E. Z. TAYLOR, STEVENSON AND ROSS,
JUNE 4, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 4, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for speed timing devices.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3368(c)(2) of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 3368. Speed timing devices.
8 * * *
9 (c) Mechanical, electrical and electronic devices
10 authorized.--
11 * * *
12 (2) [Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3),
13 electronic] Electronic devices such as radio-microwave
14 devices (commonly referred to as electronic speed meters or
15 radar) may be used [only by members of the Pennsylvania State
16 Police] by any police officer. No police officer, other than
17 a member of the Pennsylvania State Police, shall be permitted
1 to use an electronic device until he has successfully
2 completed a training course in the use of such devices
3 conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. The training course described in 75 Pa.C.S. §
6 3368(c)(2) shall commence within one year of the effective date
7 of this act.
8 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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