PRINTER'S NO. 417
No. 377 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY LASHINGER, MICOZZIE, BUNT, SCHULER, SAURMAN,
WOGAN, NOYE, DALEY AND RITTER, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, increasing the fee for certain certified copies of
3 police reports.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3751(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3751. Reports by police.
9 * * *
10 (b) Furnishing copies of report.--Police departments shall,
11 upon request, furnish at a cost not to exceed [$5] $10 a
12 certified copy of the full report of the police investigation of
13 any vehicle accident to any person involved in the accident, his
14 attorney or insurer, and to the Federal Government, branches of
15 the military service, Commonwealth agencies, and to officials of
16 political subdivisions and to agencies of other states and
17 nations and their political subdivisions. The copy of the report
18 shall not be admissible as evidence in any action for damages or
1 criminal proceedings arising out of a motor vehicle accident.
2 Police departments may refuse to furnish the complete copy of
3 investigation of the vehicle accident whenever there are
4 criminal charges pending against any persons involved in the
5 vehicle accident unless the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
6 Procedure require the production of the documents.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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