PRINTER'S NO. 620
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
624
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, FONTANA, BREWSTER, VOGEL, RAFFERTY,
COSTA, VANCE, TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 13, 2015
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 13, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in inspection of vehicles, further providing for
requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4702(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
ยง 4702. Requirement for periodic inspection of vehicles.
(a) Annual safety inspection.--Except as provided in
[subsection (b)] subsections (b) and (b.1), the department shall
establish a system of annual safety inspection of vehicles,
including emergency vehicles, farm vehicles with a gross weight
or gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 17,000 pounds for
which a Type D biennial certificate of exemption has been issued
and private noncommercial vehicles used to transport students.
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(b.1) New vehicles.--A vehicle shall be exempt from safety
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inspection requirements for the first two years after the
vehicle is manufactured. After the second year, the vehicle
shall be subject to inspection as required in this section.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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