PRINTER'S NO.  1531

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1154

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY TOMLINSON, BAKER, ERICKSON, TARTAGLIONE, RAFFERTY, ORIE, COSTA, WOZNIAK, GREENLEAF, ALLOWAY, EARLL, BOSCOLA AND FARNESE, DECEMBER 14, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 14, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for the definition of "emergency

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vehicle."

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The definition of "emergency vehicle" in section

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102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes,

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amended August 18, 2009 (P.L.308, No.37), is amended to read:

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§ 102.  Definitions.

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Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent

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provisions of this title which are applicable to specific

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provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when

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used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly

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indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:

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"Emergency vehicle."  A fire department vehicle, police

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vehicle, sheriff vehicle, ambulance, advanced life support squad

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vehicle, basic life support squad vehicle, blood delivery

 


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vehicle, human organ delivery vehicle, hazardous material

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response vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one vehicle

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operated by a coroner or [chief] county medical examiner and one

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vehicle operated by a [chief] deputy coroner or deputy [chief]

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county medical examiner used for answering emergency calls, a

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vehicle owned by or leased to a regional emergency medical

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services council that is used as authorized by the Department of

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Health to respond to an actual or potential disaster, mass

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casualty situation or substantial threat to public health, any

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vehicle owned and operated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority

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established in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (relating to

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parking authorities) and used in the enforcement of 53 Pa.C.S.

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Ch. 57 (relating to taxicabs and limousines in first class

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cities), or any other vehicle designated by the State Police

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under section 6106 (relating to designation of emergency

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vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police), or a privately owned

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vehicle used in answering an emergency call when used by any of

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the following:

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(1)  A police chief and assistant chief.

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(2)  A fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire

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company has three or more fire vehicles, a second or third

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assistant chief.

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(3)  A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.

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(4)  An ambulance corps commander and assistant

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commander.

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(5)  A river rescue commander and assistant commander.

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(6)  A county emergency management coordinator.

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(7)  A fire marshal.

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(8)  A rescue service chief and assistant chief.

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(9)  A coroner or county medical examiner or deputy

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coroner or deputy medical examiner.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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