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                                 SENATE AMENDED
        PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 88, 1432, 2620           PRINTER'S NO. 3187

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 80 Session of 1997


        INTRODUCED BY PHILLIPS, THOMAS, FARGO, GEIST, HENNESSEY, MILLER,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, ROBERTS, BELARDI, TULLI, YOUNGBLOOD, FEESE,
           OLASZ, BOSCOLA, TRAVAGLIO, READSHAW, TIGUE, TRELLO, McCALL,
           PETTIT, SHANER, HALUSKA, MUNDY, CURRY, HERSHEY, BUNT,
           DEMPSEY, RAMOS, SCHULER, KENNEY, HERMAN, BROWN, SEMMEL,
           PLATTS, EGOLF, FICHTER, KAISER, MASLAND, STABACK, ALLEN,
           J. TAYLOR, DENT, BARD, McGEEHAN, SAINATO, RUBLEY, HUTCHINSON,
           FAIRCHILD, HESS, BAKER, BROWNE, ITKIN, SATHER, WOJNAROSKI,
           DiGIROLAMO, LYNCH, STERN, TRUE, LUCYK, C. WILLIAMS, BELFANTI,
           ROSS, CORPORA, DALLY AND WASHINGTON, JANUARY 28, 1997

        AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MARCH 16, 1998

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Titles TITLE 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 75 (Vehicles)  <--
     2     of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the
     3     offense of unauthorized school bus entry.; and further         <--
     4     providing for the penalty for violation of the duty of a
     5     driver when approaching a school bus displaying flashing red
     6     signal lights.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
    10  Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
    11  § 5516 5517.  Unauthorized school bus entry.                      <--
    12     (a)  Offense defined.--A person who enters a school bus
    13  without prior authorization of the driver or a school official
    14  with intent to commit a crime or disrupt or interfere with the
    15  driver or a person who enters a school bus without prior


     1  authorization of the driver or a school official who refuses to
     2  disembark after being ordered to do so by the driver commits a
     3  misdemeanor of the third degree.
     4     (b)  Notice.--A school district may place a notice at the
     5  entrance of the school bus that warns against unauthorized
     6  entry.
     7     Section 2.  Section 3345(j) of Title 75 is amended to read:    <--
     8  § 3345.  Meeting or overtaking school bus.
     9     * * *
    10     (j)  Penalty.--[Any person violating] A person who violates
    11  subsection (a) or (f.1) [is guilty of] commits a summary offense
    12  and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of [$100]
    13  $500.
    14     Section 3 2.  This act shall apply to offenses committed on    <--
    15  or after the effective date of this act.
    16     Section 4 3 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.         <--










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