PRINTER'S NO. 132
No. 121 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BATTISTO, CAPPABIANCA, GRUPPO, JAROLIN, BORTNER,
MARKOSEK, RYBAK, HASAY, STABACK, J. TAYLOR, J. L. WRIGHT,
BIRMELIN, OLASZ, S. H. SMITH, FOX, PISTELLA, YANDRISEVITS,
DeLUCA, STUBAN, DAVIES, TIGUE, LEVDANSKY, LUCYK, BLACK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, RAYMOND, VROON, VEON, DIETTERICK, FLICK,
BELARDI, KOSINSKI, LLOYD, McHALE, COLAFELLA, PRESSMANN AND
ARGALL, JANUARY 25, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 25, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the securing of loads on
3 vehicles hauling garbage.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4903 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
8 § 4903. Securing loads in vehicles.
9 * * *
10 (c.1) Load of garbage.--Every load of garbage, waste, refuse
11 or rubbish being transported through or within this Commonwealth
12 shall be transported in a vehicle with four solid sides and with
13 a cover or top of a type to prevent any of the load from
14 escaping. The cover or top shall remain in place both going to
15 and coming from a disposal site. The load shall be no higher
16 than the solid sides of the vehicle. No truck, trailer or
1 semitrailer with an open body or stake body shall be used for
2 such purposes. This subsection shall not apply to vehicles
3 engaged in the systematic collection of garbage or refuse and
4 which are designed to be open in the rear for the loading of
5 garbage or refuse.
6 (c.2) Washing of garbage trucks.--Prior to leaving any
7 landfill, the exterior of every garbage truck shall be washed.
8 * * *
9 (f) Penalty.--A person who owns or who operates a vehicle in
10 violation of subsection (c.1) or (c.2) commits a summary offense
11 and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
12 less than $300 nor more than $1,000.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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