PRINTER'S NO. 1082
No. 946 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY DiDONATO, RUGGIERO, COHEN, LEDERER, GIAMMARCO,
VANN, GARZIA, LINCOLN, O'KEEFE, TAYOUN AND A. P. KELLY,
APRIL 8, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 9, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," further providing for inspection of
6 school buses.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsections (i) and (j) of section 834, act of
10 April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code,"
11 amended January 10, 1972 (1971 P.L.678, No.183), are amended to
12 read:
13 Section 834. Official Inspections.--
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15 (i) The secretary is hereby authorized and required to issue
16 a certificate of school bus inspection for every vehicle owned
17 by, or used under contract with, any school or school district
18 which conforms with the provisions of this act including
19 regulations of the Bureau of Traffic Safety of the department.
1 Such certificate shall bear the approval of and be countersigned
2 by the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. [This
3 provision shall not apply to motor buses operated by common
4 carriers holding a certificate of the Public Utility Commission
5 or to motor omnibuses operated by Municipality Authorities, Port
6 Authorities or Transportation Authorities over regular routes in
7 scheduled service even if such motor buses and motor omnibuses
8 are also used for transportation of school children off such
9 routes: Provided, That loading zones on any school route, off
10 the certificated routes of common carriers or the regular
11 schedules routes of authorities, are in business or residence
12 districts or are loading zones designated by official signs
13 erected by the proper authorities.]
14 (j) The owner of every vehicle which is to be used for the
15 transportation of school children shall, in addition to any
16 other inspection required by this act, submit such vehicle to
17 the Pennsylvania State Police sometime during every August, or
18 prior to operating such vehicle for the transportation of school
19 children during the school year, to determine whether such
20 vehicle conforms with the provisions of this act including
21 regulations of the Bureau of Traffic Safety of the department.
22 [This provision shall not apply to motor buses operated by
23 common carriers holding a certificate of the Public Utility
24 Commission or to motor omnibuses operated by Municipality
25 Authorities, Port Authorities or Transportation Authorities over
26 regular routes in scheduled service even if such motor buses and
27 motor omnibuses are also used for transportation of school
28 children off such routes: Provided, That loading zones on any
29 school route, off the certificated routes of common carriers or
30 the regular scheduled routes of authorities, are in business or
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1 residence districts or are loading zones designated by official
2 signs erected by the proper authorities.]
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4 Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of
5 subsection (d), (e), (g), (h), (j) or (k) of this section,
6 shall, upon summary conviction before a magistrate, be sentenced
7 to pay a fine of not more than ten dollars ($10.00) and costs of
8 prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall
9 undergo imprisonment for not more than five (5) days. Any person
10 violating the provisions of subsection (h) of this section,
11 shall be given by the arresting officer a ticket, whereon shall
12 be indicated the date, time and place of arrest, and such person
13 shall not be proceeded against more than one (1) time within any
14 twenty-four hour period for the violation of said subsection.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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