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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2900

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2198 Session of 1998


        INTRODUCED BY COY, CAPPABIANCA, BUNT, HERSHEY, DeWEESE, ITKIN,
           M. COHEN, KREBS, EVANS, NICKOL, CURRY, TANGRETTI, TULLI,
           BELFANTI, BOSCOLA, STABACK, SATHER, GODSHALL, LAUGHLIN,
           VANCE, WALKO, EACHUS, READSHAW, PETRARCA, SCRIMENTI,
           BATTISTO, TRICH, MELIO, KENNEY, CHADWICK, SAINATO, STETLER,
           HESS, ARGALL, McILHATTAN, BAKER, McCALL, STEELMAN, HANNA,
           STURLA, SHANER, HERMAN, MASLAND, STERN, GEORGE, ALLEN,
           COWELL, RAMOS, SEYFERT, HALUSKA AND WAUGH, FEBRUARY 9, 1998

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 9, 1998

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for depositing waste.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Section 3709(d)(1) of Title 75 of the
     6  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     7  § 3709.  Depositing waste and other material on highway,
     8             property or waters.
     9     * * *
    10     (d)  Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of
    11  subsection (a) or (b) is guilty of a summary offense and shall,
    12  upon conviction, be sentenced to either or both of the
    13  following:
    14         (1)  To pay a fine of not more than [$300.]:
    15             (i)  $900 for a violation which occurs in an easement

     1         purchased under the program established by section 14.1
     2         of the act of June 30, 1981 (P.L.128, No.43), known as
     3         the Agricultural Area Security Law;
     4             (ii)  $600 for a violation which occurs in an
     5         agricultural security area, as defined in section 3 of
     6         the Agricultural Area Security Law; or
     7             (iii)  $300 for a violation which occurs anywhere
     8         else.
     9         * * *
    10     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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