PRINTER'S NO. 1324

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1180 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY MRKONIC, GAMBLE, DUFFY, COLE, KNIGHT, GRAY, DUMAS,
           McMONAGLE, ZORD, FISHER, CESSAR, PETRARCA, MANDERINO, CIMINI,
           SCHMITT AND J. J. JOHNSON, MAY 2, 1979

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 2, 1979

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, requiring all passenger cars to be equipped with a
     3     rear window defogger or defroster.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Title 75, act of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707,
     7  No.230), known as the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is
     8  amended by adding a section to read:
     9  § 4524.1.  Rear window defogger or defroster.
    10     No person shall drive any passenger car on any highway unless
    11  such passenger car is equipped with a rear window defogger or
    12  defroster.
    13     Section 2.  This act shall take effect September 1, 1980, and
    14  apply to all passenger cars manufactured and sold after
    15  September 1, 1980.


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