PRINTER'S NO. 63
No. 69 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY HOLL, JANUARY 23, 2001
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 23, 2001
AN ACT
1 Providing for leaving the Pennsylvania Turnpike at other than
2 established interchanges under emergency conditions.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Leaving turnpike for emergency repairs.
6 A person operating a passenger motor vehicle, as defined by
7 the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission regulations, experiencing
8 emergency difficulties due to the malfunction of the vehicle
9 while traversing the turnpike is hereby authorized, under
10 supervision of the Pennsylvania State Police, to leave the
11 turnpike at an available exit located adjacent to a turnpike
12 garage area to secure local service for the emergency repairs
13 without the necessity of being towed.
14 Section 2. Payment of toll.
15 A person availing himself of section 1 shall, prior to
16 leaving the Pennsylvania Turnpike, pay to the Pennsylvania State
17 Police supervising the exit of the vehicle an amount equal to
1 the total charge for traversing the full length of the turnpike.
2 Section 3. Effective date.
3 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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