THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GEIST, M.K. KELLER, KORTZ, McGEEHAN, AUMENT, BAKER, BARRAR, BEAR, BENNINGHOFF, BLOOM, BROOKS, CARROLL, CAUSER, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, ELLIS, J. EVANS, EVERETT, GABLER, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MAHER, MANN, MARSHALL, MASSER, MATZIE, METZGAR, MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MUSTIO, NEUMAN, OBERLANDER, PAYNE, PAYTON, PERRY, PICKETT, QUINN, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, QUIGLEY, METCALFE AND SANTONI, FEBRUARY 14, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 14, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for motorcycle safety education

program.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 7911 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 7911.  Motorcycle safety education program.

(a)  General rule.--The department shall establish a

motorcycle safety education program throughout this

Commonwealth. It shall approve and conduct an annual review of

course material for authorized schools. It shall certify all

instructors and shall include a uniform curriculum for the

course of instruction and training requirements for instructors.

The department shall be responsible for certifying schools to

conduct approved motorcycle safety courses and shall adopt such

necessary rules and regulations to govern the administration of

motorcycle education within this Commonwealth.

(b)  Exemption from liability.--The owner of land who

authorizes his property to be used for the purposes of an

approved motorcycle safety education program as provided in

subsection (a) shall not be held civilly liable for any injury

or death to persons or damage to property that may occur during

the course of instruction or training, except for willful or

malicious failure to warn against a dangerous condition, use,

structure or activity.

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