PRINTER'S NO. 1357
No. 1169 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY STEVENS, CAWLEY, HASAY, MRKONIC, WOZNIAK, OLASZ,
ITKIN, BELARDI, PISTELLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, PETERSON, MERRY AND
HALUSKA, JUNE 8, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 8, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, extending the time for the use of studded tires.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4525(c) and (e) of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
7 § 4525. Tire equipment and traction surfaces.
8 * * *
9 (c) Ice grips and tire studs.--Tires in which ice grips or
10 tire studs of wear resisting material have been installed which
11 provide resiliency upon contact with the road and which have
12 projections not exceeding two thirty-seconds of an inch beyond
13 the tread of the traction surface of the tire shall be permitted
14 between November 1 of each year and April [1] 30 of the
15 following year. The Governor may by executive order extend the
16 time tires with ice grips or tire studs may be used when highway
17 conditions are such that such tires would be a safety factor in
1 traveling Commonwealth highways. The use of tires with ice grips
2 or tire studs contrary to the provisions of this subsection
3 shall be unlawful.
4 * * *
5 (e) Penalty.--
6 (1) Any person violating the provisions of subsection
7 (c) shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction
8 thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine as indicated in
9 paragraph (2) and, in default of payment thereof, shall
10 undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
11 (2) Fines for violation of subsection (c) relating to
12 the period of use of ice grips or tire studs shall be
13 determined from the following chart based on the period of
14 unauthorized use:
15 April [1] 30 to May 31 $35
16 June 1 to June 30 45
17 July 1 to July 31 55
18 August 1 to August 31 55
19 September 1 to September 30 55
20 October 1 to October 31 55
21 (3) Fines for any other violation of subsection (c)
22 shall be determined according to the chart in paragraph (2)
23 except that fines for violations occurring between November 1
24 to April [1] 30 shall be $10.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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