PRINTER'S NO. 2761

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2172 Session of 1980


        INTRODUCED BY A. K. HUTCHINSON, DeMEDIO, KOLTER, PETRARCA, FEE,
           SCHMITT, STAIRS, TADDONIO, BURD, STEWART AND KUKOVICH,
           JANUARY 23, 1980

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 1980

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further defining "bus."

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The definition of "bus" in section 102 of Title
     6  75, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the
     7  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is amended to read:
     8  § 102.  Definitions.
     9     Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
    10  provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
    11  provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
    12  used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
    13  indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
    14     * * *
    15     "Bus."  A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten
    16  passengers, exclusive of the driver, and used for the
    17  transportation of persons and [a] any other motor vehicle[,


     1  other than a taxicab, designed and] used for the transportation
     2  of persons for compensation. The term does not include a taxicab
     3  or a vehicle used in a carpool or a vehicle owned by a nonprofit
     4  association for senior citizens or used for church-related
     5  purposes designed to carry less than l7 passengers as defined in
     6  department regulations.
     7     * * *
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.















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