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PRINTER'S NO. 3792
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2297
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DEAN, BOBACK, SCHLOSSBERG, COOK-ARTIS, HELM,
BULLOCK, DRISCOLL, McNEILL, DAY, THOMAS, ROZZI AND KORTZ,
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in official inspection stations, providing for
notice of safety recall upon inspection.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 4726.1. Notice of safety recall upon inspection.
(a) Safety recall.--Upon conducting a vehicle inspection, an
inspection official shall use the vehicle identification number
of the inspected vehicle to determine whether the vehicle is
subject to a safety recall. If the vehicle is subject to a
safety recall, the inspection official shall provide notice of
the safety recall to the owner or driver of the vehicle.
(b) Certificate of inspection.--An inspection official may
not refuse to issue a certificate of inspection under section
4727 (relating to issuance of certificate of inspection) to the
owner or driver of an inspected vehicle due to a safety recall
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if the inspected vehicle otherwise meets the inspection criteria
required under this chapter.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "safety
recall" means a determination by a manufacturer or the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration that a vehicle has a
safety-related defect or does not comply with a Federal motor
vehicle safety standard.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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