PRINTER'S NO. 148
No. 137 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, DEMPSEY, PESCI, GEIST, COWELL, ARMSTRONG,
PETRARCA, CESSAR, FARGO, MUNDY, E. Z. TAYLOR, MERRY,
LAUGHLIN, ZUG, CLARK, ULIANA, KREBS, BOYES, B. SMITH, TRELLO,
HERSHEY, WOZNIAK, MASLAND, PETTIT, STABACK, CORNELL, CAWLEY,
HASAY, CARONE, D. W. SNYDER, TOMLINSON, GANNON, BAKER,
RAYMOND, HALUSKA, LAUB, OLASZ, GRUPPO, MAYERNIK, PHILLIPS,
HENNESSEY, FLICK, ROHRER, KING, HECKLER, S. H. SMITH, BROWN,
ARGALL, GERLACH, COY, SATHER, SAURMAN, WAUGH, PLATTS,
KASUNIC, FREEMAN, RICHARDSON, CIVERA, FICHTER AND SANTONI,
FEBRUARY 1, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 1, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for reimbursement to volunteer fire
3 companies that remove vehicles and spilled cargo from
4 roadways.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 7310 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 7310. Removal of vehicles and spilled cargo from roadway.
10 * * *
11 (d) Costs of removal.--Volunteer fire companies that respond
12 to vehicle accidents or cargo spills shall, upon determination
13 of liability against a responsible party, submit a bill to the
14 insurer of the responsible party or, if self-insured, to the
15 responsible party, and shall be reimbursed for costs of
1 responding to and for materials used in connection with removal
2 and cleanup of property and debris.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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