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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 564

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 521 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, STOUT, LAVALLE, RAFFERTY, KITCHEN,
           O'PAKE, FONTANA AND WASHINGTON, MARCH 19, 2007

        REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 19, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for penalties for exceeding
     3     maximum weights.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 4945(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
     8  § 4945.  Penalties for exceeding maximum weights.
     9     (a)  Gross weight violations.--
    10         * * *
    11         (3)  If the gross weight of any vehicle or combination
    12     that transports municipal waste subject to the act of July 7,
    13     1980 (P.L.380, No.97), known as the Solid Waste Management
    14     Act, exceeds the applicable gross weight allowed by section
    15     4941 or the registered gross weight allowed by section 4942,
    16     whichever is less, the fine imposed under this subsection
    17     shall be doubled.
    18     * * *

     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




















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