PRINTER'S NO. 1087
No. 951 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY BLAUM, HASAY, BELARDI, STUBAN, COSLETT AND
STEVENS, APRIL 17, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 17, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for public inspection of certain reports.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3751(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 3751. Reports by police.
8 * * *
9 (b) Furnishing copies of report.--Police departments shall
10 make available for inspection and examination by the public the
11 full report of the police investigation of any vehicle accident
12 and shall, upon request, furnish at a cost not to exceed $5 a
13 certified copy of the full report of the police investigation of
14 any vehicle accident to any person involved in the accident, his
15 attorney or insurer, and to the Federal Government, branches of
16 the military service, Commonwealth agencies, and to officials of
17 political subdivisions and to agencies of other states and
1 nations and their political subdivisions. The copy of the report
2 shall not be admissible as evidence in any action for damages or
3 criminal proceedings arising out of a motor vehicle accident.
4 [Police departments may refuse to furnish the complete copy of
5 investigation of the vehicle accident whenever there are
6 criminal charges pending against any persons involved in the
7 vehicle accident unless the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
8 Procedure require the production of the documents.]
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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