THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY YAW, D. WHITE AND FONTANA, JANUARY 27, 2011

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 27, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in accidents and accident reports, further

providing for duty to give information and render aid.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 3744(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 3744.  Duty to give information and render aid.

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(c)  Duty of occupants [if driver disabled].--Whenever the

driver of a vehicle is physically unable, refuses or neglects to

give the information or assistance required in this section and

there are other occupants in the vehicle at the time of the

accident who are physically able to give the information or

assistance required in this section, each of the other occupants

shall fully reveal the identity of himself and the identity of

the driver of the vehicle and of the owner of the vehicle of

which they are occupants and shall otherwise perform the duties

of the driver as set forth in subsection (a).

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