PRINTER'S NO.  459

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

173

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY WASHINGTON, COSTA, RAFFERTY AND TARTAGLIONE, FEBRUARY 10, 2011

  

  

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 10, 2011  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, prohibiting obscene displays on and in motor

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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.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 4538.  Obscene displays on and in motor vehicles.

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(a)  General rule.--No owner of a motor vehicle shall display

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on or in the motor vehicle a motion picture, bumper sticker,

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window sign or other marking that is obscene or depicts sexual

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conduct and that may be visible to the driver of another motor

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vehicle.

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(b)  Penalty.--A person who violates this section commits a

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summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay

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a fine of not less than $100.

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(c)  Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

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words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

 


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subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Obscene."  As defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 5903(b) (relating to

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obscene and other sexual materials and performances).

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"Sexual conduct."  As defined in 18 Pa.C.S. § 5903(b).

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

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