PRINTER'S NO. 974

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 839 Session of 2003

        INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, BUXTON, COY, DALEY, DeWEESE, D. EVANS,
           J. EVANS, GILLESPIE, GOODMAN, PALLONE, PISTELLA, ROEBUCK,
           RUBLEY, SAINATO, SHANER, E. Z. TAYLOR, WALKO AND WOJNAROSKI,
           MARCH 11, 2003

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 2003

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, providing for penalties involving alteration of
     3     physician statements regarding application for special
     4     disability plate or parking placard and for penalties
     5     regarding violations of handicapped persons and disabled
     6     veterans parking places.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Section 1338(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
    10  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
    11  § 1338.  Person with disability plate and placard.
    12     * * *
    13     (d)  Penalty.--[Any]
    14         (1)  Except as provided for in paragraph (2), any person
    15     violating this section commits a summary offense and shall,
    16     upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of [not more
    17     than] $100.
    18         (2)  Any person who alters or falsifies a physician's
    19     statement after the physician has prepared the certificate or

     1     statement commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and
     2     shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000
     3     or to imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
     4     Section 2.  Section 3354(f) of Title 75, amended October 4,
     5  2002 (P.L.845, No.123), is amended to read:
     6  § 3354.  Additional parking regulations.
     7     * * *
     8     (f)  Penalty.--A person violating subsection (a), (b) or
     9  (d)(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon
    10  conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15. A
    11  person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a
    12  summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
    13  a fine of [not less than $50 nor more than $200] $500. If a
    14  person is convicted under subsection (d)(2) or (3) in the
    15  absense of a sign stating the penalty amount, the fine imposed
    16  may not exceed $50.
    17     * * *
    18     Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.








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