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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, BRENNAN, READSHAW, MELIO, SIPTROTH, JOSEPHS, K. SMITH, MAHONEY AND HORNAMAN, FEBRUARY 11, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 11, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in offenses in general, prohibiting persons from |
3 | smoking in motor vehicles occupied by minors; and prescribing |
4 | a penalty. |
5 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
6 | hereby enacts as follows: |
7 | Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
8 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 3721. Smoking in motor vehicle occupied by minor. |
10 | No person may smoke a cigarette, pipe or cigar in a motor |
11 | vehicle that is occupied by a minor. An operator of a motor |
12 | vehicle who violates this section or permits a person in the |
13 | motor vehicle to violate this section commits a summary offense |
14 | with a maximum fine of $25. A conviction under this section |
15 | shall occur only as a secondary action when the operator of a |
16 | motor vehicle has been convicted of violating any other |
17 | provision of this title. |
18 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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