PRINTER'S NO. 3728
No. 2637 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, J. TAYLOR, BOWLEY, GLADECK, TRUMAN,
BLAUM, BOOK AND BLACK, JUNE 18, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 18, 1986
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for inspection of garages and
3 dealer premises by police.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6308 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6308. Investigation by police officers.
9 (a) Duty of operator or pedestrian.--The operator of any
10 vehicle or any pedestrian reasonably believed to have violated
11 any provision of this title shall stop upon request or signal of
12 any police officer and shall, upon request, exhibit a
13 registration card, driver's license and information relating to
14 financial responsibility, or other means of identification if a
15 pedestrian or driver of a pedalcycle, and shall write their name
16 in the presence of the police officer if so required for the
17 purpose of establishing identity.
18 (b) Authority of police officer.--Whenever a police officer
1 is engaged in a systematic program of checking vehicles or
2 drivers or has articulable and reasonable grounds to suspect a
3 violation of this title, he may stop a vehicle, upon request or
4 signal, for the purpose of checking the vehicle's registration,
5 proof of financial responsibility, vehicle identification number
6 or engine number or the driver's license, or to secure such
7 other information as the officer may reasonably believe to be
8 necessary to enforce the provisions of this title.
9 (c) Inspection of garages and dealer premises.--Any police
10 officer or authorized department employee may inspect any
11 vehicle in any [public] garage or repair shop or on the premises
12 of any dealer, salvor, scrap metal processor, or other public
13 place of business for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles or
14 parts or vehicles or vehicle parts with identification numbers
15 removed or falsified. The owner of the garage or repair shop or
16 the dealer or other person shall permit any police officer or
17 authorized department employee to make investigations under this
18 subsection.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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