SENATE AMENDED

 

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2722

PRINTER'S NO.  4077

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1970

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, AUMENT, BENNINGHOFF, D. COSTA, FLECK, GABLER, GINGRICH, GROVE, KNOWLES, MARSHALL, MILLARD, STERN, KILLION, CREIGHTON, FABRIZIO, MURT, ROCK AND KORTZ, NOVEMBER 9, 2011

  

  

SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for vehicles exempt from

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registration and for limits on number of towed vehicles.

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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.  Section 1302 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

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§ 1302.  Vehicles exempt from registration.

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The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:

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(22)  Any portable traffic control signal or device upon

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a trailer not exceeding 3,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.

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Section 2.  Section 4904 of Title 75 is amended by adding a

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subsection to read:

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§ 4904.  Limits on number of towed vehicles.

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(i)  Portable traffic control signal or devices.--A portable

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traffic control signal mounted upon a trailer not exceeding

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3,000 pounds gross vehicle weight may be operated in tandem as

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long as the length of the two trailers each trailer does not

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exceed 300 inches.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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