HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1445 PRINTER'S NO. 1809
No. 1056 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, BRIGHTBILL, MADIGAN, ORIE, M. WHITE,
WONDERLING, RAFFERTY, WAUGH, COSTA, KITCHEN AND WOZNIAK,
JANUARY 3, 2006
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 6, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for commercial driver's license
3 requirements AND FOR OPERATION OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND <--
4 SNOWMOBILES BY PERSONS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1606(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
9 § 1606. Requirement for commercial driver's license.
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11 (b) Exemptions.--The following persons are not required to
12 obtain a commercial driver's license in order to drive the
13 commercial motor vehicle specified:
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15 (6) A driver with a Class C license operating a school
16 bus, school vehicle or other commercial vehicle at the
17 direction of authorized emergency management personnel in a
1 time of declared Federal, State or local emergency. A person
2 driving a school bus, school vehicle or other commercial
3 vehicle pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to
4 sanctions under the provisions of this chapter or section
5 3742.1 (relating to accidents involving death or personal
6 injury while not properly licensed).
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8 SECTION 3. SECTION 7725(B), (C) AND (E) OF TITLE 75 ARE <--
9 AMENDED AND THE SECTION IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SUBSECTION TO
10 READ:
11 § 7725. OPERATION BY PERSONS UNDER AGE SIXTEEN.
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13 (B) OPERATION OF AN ATV BY PERSONS UNDER EIGHT YEARS OF
14 AGE.--NO PERSON UNDER EIGHT YEARS OF AGE SHALL OPERATE [A
15 SNOWMOBILE OR] AN ATV UPON STATE-OWNED LAND.
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17 (B.2) OPERATION OF A SNOWMOBILE BY PERSONS UNDER TEN YEARS
18 OF AGE.--NO PERSON UNDER TEN YEARS OF AGE SHALL OPERATE A
19 SNOWMOBILE UPON STATE-OWNED LAND.
20 (C) SNOWMOBILE AND ATV SAFETY CERTIFICATION.--NO PERSON 8 TO
21 15 YEARS OF AGE SHALL OPERATE [A SNOWMOBILE OR] AN ATV AND NO
22 PERSON BETWEEN 10 AND 15 YEARS OF AGE SHALL OPERATE A SNOWMOBILE
23 IN THIS COMMONWEALTH UNLESS THE PERSON SATISFIES ONE OF THE
24 FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
25 (1) IS UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED
26 SNOWMOBILE OR ATV SAFETY INSTRUCTOR DURING A SAFETY TRAINING
27 COURSE.
28 (2) IS ON LAND OWNED OR LEASED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL
29 GUARDIAN.
30 (3) HAS RECEIVED SAFETY TRAINING AS PRESCRIBED BY THE
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1 DEPARTMENT AND HAS RECEIVED THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY
2 CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
3 (4) HOLDS AN APPROPRIATE SAFETY CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER
4 THE AUTHORITY OF ANOTHER STATE OR PROVINCE OF CANADA AND
5 RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
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7 (E) PERMITTING UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION.--NO OWNER OF A
8 SNOWMOBILE OR AN ATV SHALL AUTHORIZE OR PERMIT THE OPERATION
9 THEREOF WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH BY ANY PERSON UNDER 16 YEARS OF
10 AGE UNLESS THE PERSON UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE IS THE HOLDER OF A
11 VALID AND APPROPRIATE SAFETY CERTIFICATE, OR EXCEPT AS
12 AUTHORIZED IN SUBSECTIONS (B), (B.2) AND (C).
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14 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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