PRINTER'S NO. 4615
No. 2956 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY BISHOP, D. EVANS, JOSEPHS, WASHINGTON, YOUNGBLOOD,
CRAHALLA, LEDERER, J. TAYLOR, KELLER, MYERS, GEIST AND
THOMAS, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 9, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for operation of motor-driven cycles and
3 motorized pedalcycles in cities of the first class; and
4 further providing for operation of snowmobiles and all-
5 terrain vehicles on streets and highways.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Chapter 35 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subchapter to read:
10 SUBCHAPTER F
11 OPERATION OF MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES AND
12 MOTORIZED PEDALCYCLES IN CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS
13 Sec.
14 3591. Motor-driven cycles.
15 3592. Motorized pedalcycles.
16 3593. Penalties.
17 § 3591. Motor-driven cycles.
18 An individual may not operate a motor-driven cycle in a city
19 of the first class.
1 § 3592. Motorized pedalcycles.
2 An individual may not operate a motorized pedalcycle in a
3 city of the first class.
4 § 3593. Penalties.
5 (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), an
6 individual who violates this subchapter commits a summary
7 offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
8 of $300 or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
9 (b) Subsequent offenses.--An individual who, after being
10 sentenced under subsection (a), violates this subchapter commits
11 a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be
12 sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 or to imprisonment for not
13 more than one year, or both.
14 Section 2. Section 7721(a) of Title 75 is amended and the
15 section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
16 § 7721. Operation on streets and highways.
17 (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this
18 chapter, it is unlawful to [operate] do any of the following:
19 (1) Operate an ATV in a city of the first class except
20 in an area designated as an ATV area in accordance with a
21 city ordinance.
22 (2) Operate a snowmobile or an ATV on any street or
23 highway which is not designated and posted as a snowmobile or
24 an ATV road by the governmental agency having jurisdiction.
25 * * *
26 (d) Penalty.--
27 (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), an individual
28 who violates subsection (a)(1) commits a summary offense and
29 shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or
30 to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
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1 (2) An individual who, after being sentenced under
2 paragraph (1), violates subsection (a)(1) commits a
3 misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction,
4 be sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 or to imprisonment for
5 not more than one year, or both.
6 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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