PRINTER'S NO.  406

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

359

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, BRENNAN, READSHAW, MELIO, SIPTROTH, JOSEPHS, K. SMITH, MAHONEY AND HORNAMAN, FEBRUARY 11, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 11, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, in offenses in general, prohibiting persons from

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smoking in motor vehicles occupied by minors; and prescribing

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a penalty.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 3721.  Smoking in motor vehicle occupied by minor.

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No person may smoke a cigarette, pipe or cigar in a motor

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vehicle that is occupied by a minor. An operator of a motor

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vehicle who violates this section or permits a person in the

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motor vehicle to violate this section commits a summary offense

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with a maximum fine of $25. A conviction under this section

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shall occur only as a secondary action when the operator of a

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motor vehicle has been convicted of violating any other

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provision of this title.

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