PRINTER'S NO. 24
No. 24 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY AFFLERBACH, JONES, SCANLON, O'PAKE, REIBMAN,
STAPLETON, LINCOLN, STOUT, MELLOW AND HELFRICK, JANUARY 23,
1989
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, making it unlawful to leave an unattended child in
3 a vehicle.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 3701.1. Leaving an unattended child in a motor vehicle.
9 (a) General rule.--A person driving or in charge of a motor
10 vehicle may not permit a child under six years of age to remain
11 unattended in the vehicle when the motor vehicle is out of the
12 person's sight and under circumstances which endanger the health
13 or welfare of the child.
14 (b) Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a
15 summary offense.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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