PRINTER'S NO. 45
No. 43 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY J. B. KELLY III, BONETTO AND WESTERBERG,
JANUARY 27, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 27, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," authorizing two warning lamps on
6 certain vehicles.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 802, act of April 29,
10 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as "The Vehicle Code," is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 802. Additional Lights and Devices.--
13 * * *
14 (d) Warning Devices.--Any vehicle, used exclusively for
15 repair or emergency purposes, may be equipped with, not to
16 exceed, [one (1) warning lamp] two (2) warning lamps of a type
17 approved by the secretary, to be used only in connection with
18 repair or emergency work while the vehicle is stationary.
19 * * *
20 Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of this
1 section, or any person who shall use a warning lamp of the type
2 authorized by subsection (d) of this section while a vehicle is
3 in motion, shall, upon summary conviction before a magistrate,
4 be sentenced to pay a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) and costs of
5 prosecution, and, in default of the payment thereof, shall
6 undergo imprisonment for not more than five (5) days.
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