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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 508 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY KURY, MARCH 20, 1979

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
           MARCH 18, 1980

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for the inspection of vehicles
     3     AND MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES AND LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL OF          <--
     4     REGULATIONS RELATING TO INSPECTIONS.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 4703 102 of Title 75, act of November 25,  <--
     8  1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     9  Statutes, is amended BY ADDING A DEFINITION to read:              <--
    10  § 102.  DEFINITIONS.                                              <--
    11     SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS CONTAINED IN SUBSEQUENT
    12  PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC
    13  PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN
    14  USED IN THIS TITLE SHALL HAVE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY
    15  INDICATES OTHERWISE, THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION:
    16     * * *
    17     "MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE."  A SELF-PROPELLED OR ELECTRICALLY
    18  PROPELLED DEVICE DESIGNED FOR CARRYING 15 OR MORE PASSENGERS

     1  EXCLUSIVE OF THE DRIVER, OTHER THAN A TAXICAB, DESIGNED AND USED
     2  FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS FOR COMPENSATION, INCLUDING
     3  BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUBWAY CARS, BUSES, TROLLEYS AND TRACKLESS
     4  TROLLEYS BUT EXCLUDING RAILROAD PASSENGER CARS.
     5     * * *
     6     SECTION 2.  SECTIONS 4701, 4702(A), 4703, 4704, 4721, 4723,
     7  4726, 4727, 4728, 4729, 4730(A) AND 6103 OF TITLE 75 ARE AMENDED
     8  TO READ:
     9  § 4701.  DUTY TO COMPLY WITH INSPECTION LAWS.
    10     NO OWNER OR DRIVER SHALL REFUSE TO SUBMIT A VEHICLE OR A MASS
    11  TRANSIT VEHICLE TO ANY INSPECTION AND TEST THAT IS AUTHORIZED OR
    12  REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
    13  § 4702.  REQUIREMENT FOR PERIODIC INSPECTION OF VEHICLES.
    14     (A)  GENERAL RULE.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A SYSTEM
    15  OF SEMIANNUAL INSPECTION OF VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THIS
    16  COMMONWEALTH AND MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES OPERATED IN THIS
    17  COMMONWEALTH. WHEN ANY VEHICLE, SUBJECT TO AN EMISSION CONTROL    <--
    18  SYSTEM INSPECTION, HAS SAID INSPECTION, IT SHALL CONSTITUTE ONE
    19  OF THE SEMIANNUAL INSPECTIONS REQUIRED UNDER THIS ACT.
    20     * * *
    21  § 4703.  Operation of vehicle OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE             <--
    22           without official certificate of inspection.
    23     (a)  General rule.--No [registered] motor vehicle required to
    24  bear current Pennsylvania registration plates shall be driven
    25  [and] no [registered] trailer required to bear current            <--
    26  Pennsylvania registration plates shall be moved on a highway AND  <--
    27  NO MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE SHALL BE OPERATED unless the vehicle
    28  displays a currently valid certificate of inspection [and
    29  approval].
    30     (b)  Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to:
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     1         (1)  Special mobile equipment.
     2         (2)  Implements of husbandry.
     3         (3)  Motor vehicles being towed.
     4         (4)  Motor vehicles being operated or trailers being
     5     towed by an official inspection station owner or employee for
     6     the purpose of inspection.
     7         (5)  Trailers having a registered gross weight of 3,000
     8     pounds or less.
     9         (6)  Motorized pedalcycles.
    10         (7)  Vehicles being repossessed by a financer or
    11     collector-repossessor through the use of miscellaneous motor
    12     vehicle business registration plates.
    13         (8)  New vehicles while they are in the process of
    14     manufacture, including testing, and not in transit from the
    15     manufacturer to a purchaser or dealer.
    16     (c)  Inspection of vehicles reentering this Commonwealth.--
    17  Vehicles subject to inspection which have been outside this
    18  Commonwealth continuously for 30 days or more and which, at the
    19  time of reentering this Commonwealth, do not bear a currently
    20  valid certificate of inspection shall be inspected within five
    21  days of reentering this Commonwealth.
    22     (d)  Newly-purchased vehicles.--Newly-purchased vehicles may
    23  be driven without being inspected for five days after purchase
    24  or entry into this Commonwealth, whichever occurs later.
    25     [(c)] (e)  Display of unauthorized certificate of
    26  inspection.--No certificate of inspection [and approval] shall
    27  be displayed unless an official inspection has been made and the
    28  vehicle OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE is in conformance with the        <--
    29  provisions of this chapter.
    30     [(d)] (f)  Authority of police.--Any police officer may stop
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     1  any motor vehicle, MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE or trailer and require    <--
     2  the owner or operator to display an official certificate of
     3  inspection [and approval] for the vehicle being operated. A
     4  police officer may summarily remove an unauthorized, expired or
     5  unlawfully issued certificate of inspection from any vehicle OR   <--
     6  MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE.
     7     (g)  Limitation on prosecution.--A motor vehicle, MASS         <--
     8  TRANSIT VEHICLE OR TRAILER shall be the subject of only one
     9  arrest PROSECUTION under subsection (a) in any 24-hour period.    <--
    10     (h)  Penalty.--Any person violating this section is guilty of
    11  a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to
    12  pay a fine of up to $25.
    13  § 4704.  NOTICE BY POLICE OFFICERS OF VIOLATION.                  <--
    14     (A)  GENERAL RULE.--ANY POLICE OFFICER HAVING PROBABLE CAUSE
    15  TO BELIEVE THAT ANY VEHICLE OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE, REGARDLESS
    16  OF WHETHER IT IS BEING OPERATED, IS UNSAFE OR NOT EQUIPPED AS
    17  REQUIRED BY LAW MAY AT ANY TIME SUBMIT A WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE
    18  CONDITION TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE OR THE MASS TRANSIT
    19  VEHICLE OR TO THE OWNER, OR IF NEITHER IS PRESENT, TO AN ADULT
    20  OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE OR THE MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE, OR IF THE
    21  VEHICLE OR THE MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE IS UNOCCUPIED, THE NOTICE
    22  SHALL BE ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE OR THE MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE IN
    23  A CONSPICUOUS PLACE.
    24         (1)  IF AN ITEM OF EQUIPMENT IS BROKEN OR MISSING, THE
    25     NOTICE SHALL SPECIFY THE PARTICULARS OF THE CONDITION AND
    26     REQUIRE THAT THE EQUIPMENT BE ADJUSTED OR REPAIRED. WITHIN
    27     FIVE DAYS EVIDENCE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE POLICE THAT THE
    28     REQUIREMENTS FOR REPAIR HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
    29         (2)  IF THE POLICE OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE
    30     THAT A VEHICLE OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE IS UNSAFE OR NOT IN
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     1     PROPER REPAIR, HE MAY REQUIRE IN THE WRITTEN NOTICE THAT THE
     2     CAR OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE BE INSPECTED. THE OWNER OR DRIVER
     3     SHALL SUBMIT TO THE POLICE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE DATE OF
     4     NOTIFICATION CERTIFICATION FROM AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION
     5     STATION THAT THE VEHICLE OR THE MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE HAS BEEN
     6     RESTORED TO SAFE OPERATING CONDITION IN RELATION TO THE
     7     PARTICULARS SPECIFIED ON THE NOTICE.
     8         (3)  AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE FIVE-DAY PERIOD
     9     SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2), THE VEHICLE SHALL NOT BE
    10     OPERATED UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH AND A MASS
    11     TRANSIT VEHICLE SHALL NOT BE OPERATED UNTIL THE OWNER OR
    12     DRIVER HAS SUBMITTED TO THE POLICE EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE
    13     WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (1) OR (2), WHICHEVER IS
    14     APPLICABLE.
    15     (B)  OPERATION PROHIBITED IF HAZARDOUS.--IN THE EVENT A
    16  VEHICLE OR A MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE, IN THE REASONABLE JUDGMENT OF
    17  THE OFFICER, IS IN SUCH CONDITION THAT FURTHER OPERATION WOULD
    18  BE HAZARDOUS, THE OFFICER MAY REQUIRE THAT THE VEHICLE OR THE
    19  MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE NOT BE OPERATED UNDER ITS OWN POWER AND MAY
    20  SO STIPULATE IN THE NOTICE GIVEN UNDER SUBSECTION (A).
    21  § 4721.  APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS.
    22     FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF OFFICIAL
    23  INSPECTION STATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF
    24  APPOINTMENT TO PRIVATELY OWNED FACILITIES WITHIN THIS
    25  COMMONWEALTH THAT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER
    26  AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
    27  ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS AND ALL NECESSARY FORMS TO SUCH FACILITIES.
    28  OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS ARE AUTHORIZED TO INSPECT VEHICLES
    29  AND MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES AND ISSUE OFFICIAL CERTIFICATES OF
    30  INSPECTION.
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     1  § 4723.  CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTING FLEET
     2           VEHICLES AND FLEET MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES.                <--
     3     THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT UNDER
     4  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER TO ANY PERSON WHO OWNS OR LEASES
     5  15 OR MORE VEHICLES OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES AND WHO MEETS THE
     6  REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CHAPTER AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE
     7  DEPARTMENT. THE CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT MAY AUTHORIZE
     8  INSPECTION OF ONLY THOSE VEHICLES OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES OWNED
     9  OR LEASED BY SUCH PERSON.
    10  § 4726.  CERTIFICATION OF MECHANICS.
    11     NO MECHANIC SHALL CONDUCT MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS OR MASS
    12  TRANSIT VEHICLE INSPECTIONS AT AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION
    13  UNLESS CERTIFIED AS TO TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCE
    14  BY THE DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS. THE
    15  REGULATIONS RELATING TO MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE INSPECTIONS SHALL
    16  REQUIRE THAT ANY MECHANIC CONDUCTING SUCH INSPECTIONS SHALL
    17  POSSESS PROVEN COMPETENCE IN THE AREA OF MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE
    18  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE OR
    19  REGULATIONS ADOPTED THEREUNDER SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED OR APPLIED
    20  IN A MANNER WHICH WOULD PRECLUDE OR IMPAIR THE RIGHT OF A PERSON
    21  WHO IS A RESIDENT OF ANOTHER STATE, AND WHO IS IN POSSESSION OF
    22  A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY SUCH STATE, TO BE CERTIFIED
    23  TO CONDUCT MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE
    24  INSPECTIONS AT AN OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION IN THIS
    25  COMMONWEALTH. NO OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION APPOINTMENT SHALL
    26  BE ISSUED OR RENEWED UNLESS A CERTIFIED OFFICIAL INSPECTION
    27  MECHANIC IS THERE EMPLOYED.
    28  § 4727.  ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION.
    29     (A)  REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO INSPECTION.--NO VEHICLE, EXCEPT A
    30  MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE FOR WHICH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED,      <--
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     1  SHALL BE INSPECTED UNLESS IT IS DULY REGISTERED. THE OWNER OR
     2  OPERATOR OR AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION SHALL
     3  EXAMINE THE REGISTRATION CARD IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE
     4  VEHICLE IS REGISTERED.
     5     (B)  REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE.--AN OFFICIAL
     6  CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION SHALL NOT BE ISSUED UNLESS THE VEHICLE
     7  OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE IS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE IN
     8  COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER INCLUDING ANY
     9  REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT. NOTATION OF THE
    10  ODOMETER READING SHALL BE INCLUDED ON THE CERTIFICATE OF
    11  INSPECTION.
    12  § 4728.  DISPLAY OF CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION.
    13     THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION SHALL BE AFFIXED TO
    14  THE VEHICLE OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE AS SPECIFIED IN REGULATIONS
    15  ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
    16  § 4729.  REMOVAL OF CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION.
    17     NO CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION SHALL BE REMOVED FROM A VEHICLE
    18  OR A MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED
    19  EXCEPT TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION ISSUED
    20  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR AS FOLLOWS:
    21         (1)  THE POLICE OFFICER MAY REMOVE A CERTIFICATE OF
    22     INSPECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
    23     4703[(D)] (F) (RELATING TO OPERATION OF VEHICLE OR MASS        <--
    24     TRANSIT VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION).
    25         (2)  A PERSON REPLACING A WINDSHIELD OR REPAIRING A
    26     WINDSHIELD IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO REQUIRE REMOVAL OF A
    27     CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION SHALL AT THE OPTION OF THE
    28     REGISTRANT OF THE VEHICLE OR THE OWNER OF A MASS TRANSIT
    29     VEHICLE CUT OUT THE PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD CONTAINING THE
    30     CERTIFICATE AND DELIVER IT TO THE REGISTRANT OF THE VEHICLE
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     1     OR THE OWNER OF THE MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE OR DESTROY THE
     2     CERTIFICATE. THE VEHICLE OR THE MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE MAY BE
     3     DRIVEN FOR UP TO FIVE DAYS IF IT DISPLAYS THE PORTION OF THE
     4     OLD WINDSHIELD CONTAINING THE CERTIFICATE AS PRESCRIBED IN
     5     DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS. WITHIN THE FIVE DAY PERIOD AN
     6     OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION MAY AFFIX TO THE VEHICLE OR MASS
     7     TRANSIT VEHICLE ANOTHER CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR THE
     8     SAME INSPECTION PERIOD WITHOUT REINSPECTING THE VEHICLE OR
     9     MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PORTION OF THE OLD
    10     WINDSHIELD CONTAINING THE CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION. A FEE OF
    11     NO MORE THAN $1 MAY BE CHARGED FOR THE EXCHANGED CERTIFICATE
    12     OF INSPECTION.
    13         (3)  A SALVOR SHALL REMOVE AND DESTROY THE CERTIFICATE OF
    14     INSPECTION ON EVERY VEHICLE OR MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE IN HIS
    15     POSSESSION EXCEPT VEHICLES USED IN THE OPERATION OF THE
    16     BUSINESS OF THE SALVOR.
    17  § 4730.  VIOLATIONS OF USE OF CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION.
    18     (A)  GENERAL RULE.--NO PERSON SHALL:
    19         (1)  MAKE, ISSUE, TRANSFER OR POSSESS ANY IMITATION OR
    20     COUNTERFEIT OF AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION; OR
    21         (2)  DISPLAY OR CAUSE TO BE DISPLAYED ON ANY VEHICLE OR
    22     MASS TRANSIT VEHICLE OR HAVE IN POSSESSION ANY CERTIFICATE OF
    23     INSPECTION KNOWING THE SAME TO BE FICTITIOUS OR STOLEN OR
    24     ISSUED FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE OR ISSUED WITHOUT AN INSPECTION
    25     HAVING BEEN MADE.
    26     * * *
    27  § 6103.  PROMULGATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS BY DEPARTMENT.
    28     (A)  IN GENERAL GENERAL RULE.--IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIFIC     <--
    29  POWERS GRANTED TO THE DEPARTMENT BY THIS TITLE TO PROMULGATE
    30  RULES AND REGULATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE POWER IN
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     1  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF JULY 31, 1968
     2  (P.L.769, NO.240), [KNOWN AS THE "COMMONWEALTH DOCUMENTS LAW,"]
     3  REFERRED TO AS THE COMMONWEALTH DOCUMENTS LAW, TO PROMULGATE,
     4  CONSISTENT WITH AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS TITLE, RULES AND
     5  REGULATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CARRY
     6  OUT ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES UNDER THIS TITLE.
     7     (B)  LEGISLATIVE ACTION; APPROVAL OF MASS TRANSIT INSPECTION   <--
     8  REGULATIONS.--A COPY OF EVERY RULE OR REGULATION OR AMENDMENT TO
     9  A RULE OR REGULATION RELATING TO CHAPTER 47 (RELATING TO          <--
    10  INSPECTION OF VEHICLES) THE INSPECTION OF MASS TRANSIT VEHICLES
    11  SHALL BEFORE ADOPTION BE FORWARDED TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
    12  OF REPRESENTATIVES AND TO THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE
    13  SENATE FOR REFERRAL TO AND REVIEW BY THE APPROPRIATE STANDING
    14  COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND OF THE SENATE AS
    15  DETERMINED BY THE RESPECTIVE PRESIDING OFFICER. THE STANDING
    16  COMMITTEE SHALL, WITHIN 60 DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF SUCH RULE,
    17  REGULATION OR AMENDMENT, APPROVE OR RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL TO THE  <--
    18  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR THE SENATE OF ANY SUCH RULE,
    19  REGULATION OR AMENDMENT. FAILURE OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE TO
    20  RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL AND OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
    21  SENATE TO DISAPPROVE ANY RULE, REGULATION OR AMENDMENT WITHIN
    22  THE 60 DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT THEREOF SHALL CONSTITUTE APPROVAL
    23  THEREOF. IF THE STANDING COMMITTEES OF BOTH THE SENATE AND THE
    24  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL AND THE HOUSE OF
    25  REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE DISAPPROVES DISAPPROVE ANY RULE,   <--
    26  REGULATION OR AMENDMENT, THE AGENCY DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT ADOPT    <--
    27  THE RULE, REGULATION OR AMENDMENT AND IT SHALL NOT BE AGAIN
    28  OFFERED FOR ONE YEAR. EACH COMMITTEE SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY,
    29  IN WRITING, THE OTHER COMMITTEE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ANY ACTION
    30  TAKEN PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION. ONLY IN THE ABSENCE OF A
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     1  DISAPPROVAL SHALL THE AGENCY SHALL DEPARTMENT PROCEED WITH THE    <--
     2  ADOPTION OF THE RULE, REGULATION OR AMENDMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
     3  SECTION 202 OF THE COMMONWEALTH DOCUMENTS LAW.
     4     SECTION 3.  (A)  THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE AND THE
     5  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN CONSULTATION WITH MASS TRANSIT
     6  OPERATORS SHALL SUBMIT THE REGULATIONS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT TO
     7  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITHIN 60 CALENDAR DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE
     8  DATE OF THIS ACT AND ON THE SAME DAY SHALL ARRANGE FOR SUCH
     9  REGULATIONS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN. THE
    10  REGULATIONS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SUBSEQUENT TO PUBLICATION IN THE
    11  PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
    12     (B)  THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
    13  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL DEVELOP AND PRESENT TO THE
    14  GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITHIN 30 CALENDAR DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
    15  OF THIS ACT, A VEHICLE INSPECTION PLAN DESIGNED TO RESOLVE THE
    16  PRESENTLY EXISTING DEFICIENCIES IN THE VEHICLE INSPECTION
    17  PROGRAM OF ANY AUTHORITY CREATED PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF AUGUST
    18  14, 1963 (P.L.984, NO.450), KNOWN AS THE "METROPOLITAN
    19  TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1963." THE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE
    20  THE DESIGNATION OF STATE POLICE PERSONNEL ON A PERMANENT BASIS
    21  TO SUPERVISE THE VEHICLE INSPECTION PLAN OF SUCH AUTHORITY. SUCH
    22  PLAN SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE
    23  WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT.
    24     Section 2 4.  This act shall take effect in 60 days            <--
    25  IMMEDIATELY.                                                      <--




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