PRINTER'S NO. 3123
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2608
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY TOPPER, MAY 23, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 23, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in safety and anti-pollution equipment, further
providing for tire equipment and traction surfaces.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4525(c) and (e) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 4525. Tire equipment and traction surfaces.
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(c) Ice grips and tire studs.--Tires in which ice grips or
tire studs of wear resisting material have been installed which
provide resiliency upon contact with the road and which have
projections not exceeding two thirty-seconds of an inch beyond
the tread of the traction surface of the tire shall be permitted
between November 1 of each year and [April 15] May 1 of the
following year. The Governor may by executive order extend the
time tires with ice grips or tire studs may be used when highway
conditions are such that such tires would be a safety factor in
traveling Commonwealth highways. The use of tires with ice grips
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or tire studs contrary to the provisions of this subsection
shall be unlawful.
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(e) Penalty.--
(1) Any person violating the provisions of subsection
(c) shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine as indicated in
paragraph (2) and, in default of payment thereof, shall
undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.
(2) Fines for violation of subsection (c) relating to
the period of use of ice grips or tire studs shall be
determined from the following chart based on the period of
unauthorized use:
[April 16] May 2 to May 31 $35
June 1 to June 30 45
July 1 to July 31 55
August 1 to August 31 55
September 1 to September 30 55
October 1 to October 31 55
(3) Fines for any other violation of subsection (c)
shall be determined according to the chart in paragraph (2)
except that fines for violations occurring between November 1
to [April 15] May 1 shall be $10.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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