PRINTER'S NO.  867

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

771

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, ORIE, EARLL, PICCOLA AND LOGAN, APRIL 6, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 6, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, in driving after imbibing alcohol or utilizing

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drugs, providing for limitations on discovery.

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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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§ 3818.  Limitations on discovery.

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A defendant charged with a violation of section 3802

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(relating to driving under influence of alcohol or controlled

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substance) and the defendant's attorney shall have no right to

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discover from the Commonwealth any of the following:

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(1)  Any manual, schematic or software of the instrument

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used to test the blood or breath of the defendant or any

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other material that is not in the actual possession of the

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Commonwealth.

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(2)  Information relating to the instrument used to test

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the blood or breath of the defendant that is in the

 


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possession of the manufacturer of the instrument.

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

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