PRINTER'S NO. 2056
No. 1696 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY DOYLE AND O'KEEFE, OCTOBER 3, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 3, 1977
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, prohibiting hitchhiking.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3545 of Title 75, act of November 25,
6 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 § 3545. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
9 No person shall:
10 (1) [Stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a
11 ride.] Solicit a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
12 (2) Stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting
13 employment, business or contributions from the occupant of
14 any vehicle.
15 (3) Stand on or in proximity to a highway for the
16 purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle
17 while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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