PRINTER'S NO. 1146
No. 1027 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DALLY, HENNESSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, ZUG, FICHTER, MYERS,
WOJNAROSKI, WOGAN, TIGUE, GRUCELA, KENNEY, McCALL, STABACK,
DeLUCA, BELFANTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, JAMES, WILT, RAMOS,
HUTCHINSON AND BARD, MARCH 22, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 22, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, authorizing certain charitable organizations to
3 solicit funds on highways.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3545 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3545. Pedestrians soliciting rides or business.
9 No person shall:
10 (1) Stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a
11 ride.
12 (2) Stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting
13 employment, business or contributions from the occupant of
14 any vehicle. This provision does not apply to a charitable
15 organization registered under the act of December 19, 1990
16 (P.L.1200, No.202), known as the Solicitation of Funds for
17 Charitable Purposes Act, which has the approval of the
1 political subdivision in which the solicitation takes place.
2 (3) Stand on or in proximity to a highway for the
3 purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle
4 while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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