PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3728 PRINTER'S NO. 3930
No. 2637 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, J. TAYLOR, BOWLEY, GLADECK, TRUMAN,
BLAUM, BOOK AND BLACK, JUNE 17, 1986
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 22, 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; AND REQUIRING CERTAIN PERSONS TO <--
4 KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND
5 DISPOSITIONS.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 6308 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
10 § 6308. Investigation by police officers.
11 (a) Duty of operator or pedestrian.--The operator of any
12 vehicle or any pedestrian reasonably believed to have violated
13 any provision of this title shall stop upon request or signal of
14 any police officer and shall, upon request, exhibit a
15 registration card, driver's license and information relating to
16 financial responsibility, or other means of identification if a
17 pedestrian or driver of a pedalcycle, and shall write their name
18 in the presence of the police officer if so required for the
1 purpose of establishing identity.
2 (b) Authority of police officer.--Whenever a police officer
3 is engaged in a systematic program of checking vehicles or
4 drivers or has articulable and reasonable grounds to suspect a
5 violation of this title, he may stop a vehicle, upon request or
6 signal, for the purpose of checking the vehicle's registration,
7 proof of financial responsibility, vehicle identification number
8 or engine number or the driver's license, or to secure such
9 other information as the officer may reasonably believe to be
10 necessary to enforce the provisions of this title.
11 (c) Inspection of garages and dealer premises.--Any police
12 officer or authorized department employee may inspect any
13 vehicle in any [public] garage or repair shop or on the premises
14 of any dealer, salvor, scrap metal processor, or other public
15 place of business for the purpose of locating stolen vehicles or
16 parts or vehicles or vehicle parts with identification numbers
17 removed or falsified. The owner of the garage or repair shop or
18 the dealer or other person shall permit any police officer or
19 authorized department employee to make investigations under this
20 subsection.
21 (D) RECORDS.--EVERY SALVOR, JUNKYARD OPERATOR, SCRAP METAL <--
22 PROCESSOR, DESIGNATED AGENT AND DEALER SHALL KEEP ACCURATE
23 RECORDS OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AND DISPOSITIONS. SUCH RECORDS
24 SHALL INCLUDE THE MAKE, YEAR AND TYPE OF VEHICLE, FROM WHOM
25 PURCHASED OR ACQUIRED AND DATE, VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
26 AND DATE OF SALE OR DISPOSITION OF VEHICLE. SUCH RECORDS SHALL
27 BE AVAILABLE ON THE PREMISES OF THE SALVOR, JUNKYARD OPERATOR,
28 SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR, DESIGNATED AGENT AND NEW OR USED CAR
29 DEALER AND OPEN TO INSPECTION BY ANY POLICE OFFICER OR
30 AUTHORIZED DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE. SUCH RECORDS SHALL BE MAINTAINED
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1 FOR THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF DISPOSITION OF THE VEHICLE.
2 (E) PENALTY.--ANY PERSON VIOLATING SUBSECTION (D) COMMITS A
3 MISDEMEANOR OF THE THIRD DEGREE.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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