PRINTER'S NO. 581
No. 537 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, ERICKSON, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, WOZNIAK,
MUSTO, WONDERLING, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE, O'PAKE, COSTA, LOGAN,
FERLO, WAUGH, KITCHEN, FUMO, STACK AND WASHINGTON,
MARCH 19, 2007
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
MARCH 19, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for an offense relating to
3 fabricated airbags and fabricated airbag compartments.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7331. Fabricated airbags and fabricated airbag compartments.
9 (a) Offense defined.--It is unlawful for any person to
10 knowingly purchase, sell, install or reinstall on a vehicle a
11 fabricated airbag or fabricated airbag compartment.
12 (b) Grading.--Any person who violates subsection (a) commits
13 a misdemeanor of the first degree.
14 (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
15 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
16 subsection:
17 "Fabricated airbag." Any item, other than an airbag designed
1 in accordance with Federal safety regulations for a given make,
2 model and year of motor vehicle that is part of a motor vehicle
3 inflatable restraint system.
4 "Fabricated airbag compartment." An airbag compartment that
5 is filled with any substance that does not function in the same
6 manner or to the same extent as an airbag designed in accordance
7 with Federal safety regulations for a given make, model and year
8 of motor vehicle to protect vehicle occupants in a vehicle
9 crash. The term does not include a compartment from which an
10 airbag has deployed if there is no concealment of the
11 deployment.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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