PRINTER'S NO. 448
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
463
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, MURT,
NEILSON AND GILLEN, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in powers of department and local authorities,
providing for a pilot program to place speed humps in school
zones.
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 6130. Speed humps in school zones pilot program.
(a) Establishment.--The department shall establish and
administer a pilot program to place speed humps, speed tables,
speed cushions or speed pillows within a school zone.
(b) Components.--The following shall apply to the pilot
program:
(1) A minimum of one school zone within a school
district, located in each of the following, shall be selected
from:
(i) a county of the first class;
(ii) a county of the second class;
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(iii) a county of the second class A;
(iv) a county of the third class;
(v) a county of the fourth class;
(vi) a county of the fifth class;
(vii) a county of the sixth class;
(viii) a county of the seventh class; and
(ix) a county of the eighth class.
(2) The pilot program shall be administered in
accordance with section 6122 (relating to authority to erect
traffic-control devices).
(c) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2020, the
department shall submit a report to the General Assembly that
includes:
(1) the effectiveness of the speed humps, speed tables,
speed cushions or speed pillows in slowing traffic within
school zones;
(2) the number of motor vehicle accidents and related
serious injuries and deaths in all school zones where the
program operated;
(3) a cost-benefit analysis of the program; and
(4) departmental recommendations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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