PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2069
PRINTER'S NO. 2090
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1366
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, TEPLITZ, YUDICHAK, COSTA, SCHWANK, WARD,
BROWNE, STEFANO AND BREWSTER, SEPTEMBER 23, 2016
SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
for duty of driver in emergency response areas.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3327(b) and (b.1)(1) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended and the section
is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 3327. Duty of driver in emergency response areas.
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(b) Penalty.--Any person violating subsection (a) commits a
summary offense and shall, upon conviction, pay [a fine of not
more than $250.]:
(1) For a first offense, a fine of not more than $250.
(2) For a second offense, a fine of not more than $500.
(3) For a third or subsequent offense, a fine of not
more than $1,000.
(b.1) Suspension of operating privilege.--
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), in
accordance with section 1540 (relating to surrender of
license) the department shall suspend the operating privilege
of any person for 90 days upon receiving a certified record
of the driver's conviction, adjudication of delinquency or
admission into an Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
program or a preadjudication program for a violation of
subsection (a), if the certified conviction [indicates the
violation resulted in serious bodily injury to another
person. The license shall be surrendered in accordance with
section 1540 (relating to surrender of license).]:
(i) indicates the violation resulted in serious
bodily injury to OR DEATH OF another person; or
(ii) is the driver's third or subsequent conviction
for a violation of subsection (a).
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(e.2) Departmental report.--The department, in coordination
with the Pennsylvania State Police, shall annually submit to the
Transportation Committee of the Senate and the Transportation
Committee of the House of Representatives a report containing
data from the previous calendar year of the following
information related to violations of this section:
(1) The number of violations.
(2) Whether a violation resulted in bodily injury,
serious bodily injury or death.
(3) Whether a violation was committed by an individual
who was previously found guilty of a violation.
(4) How the department is educating the public regarding
the provisions of this section and an analysis of whether the
education is adequate.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect as follows:
(1) The addition of 75 Pa.C.S. § 3327(e.2) shall take
effect in 18 months.
(2) This section shall take effect immediately.
(3) The remainder of this act shall take effect in six
months.
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