PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1709
PRINTER'S NO. 1836
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1278
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY EMRICK, PICKETT, MURT, THOMAS, TOPPER, MILLARD,
LONGIETTI, DIAMOND, MACKENZIE, GROVE AND COHEN, JUNE 5, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 17, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for
television equipment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4527 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 4527. [Television] Video receiving equipment.
(a) General rule.--[No] Except as provided in subsection
(b), no person shall drive a motor vehicle [operated on a
highway shall be] equipped with [television-type] any image
display device, video receiving equipment, including a receiver,
a video monitor or a television or video screen capable of
displaying a television broadcast, or video signal that produces
entertainment or business applications or similar equipment,
which is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of
the back of the driver's seat [or otherwise] or which is
visible, directly or indirectly, to the driver while operating
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the motor vehicle.
(a.1) Installation of device prohibited.--Except as provided
in subsection (b), no person may install in a motor vehicle an
image display device intended to be visible to a driver in the
normal driving position when the vehicle is in motion and the
driver is restrained by the safety seat belt system adjusted in
accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
(b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the
following:
(1) [Television-type receiving equipment] Image display
devices in a vehicle used exclusively for safety or law
enforcement purposes as approved by the Pennsylvania State
Police.
(2) [Electronic displays] Image display devices used in
conjunction with in-vehicle navigation systems[.] or to
display related traffic, road and weather information.
(3) Image display devices that provide vehicle
information related to the driving task or to enhance or
supplement the driver's view forward, behind or to the sides
of the vehicle or permit the driver to monitor vehicle
occupants behind the driver.
(4) Image display devices that do not display a
broadcast television image or a moving visual image, other
than text, from a digital video disk or other storage device
to the driver while the vehicle is in motion.
(5) Image display devices which display an image while a
vehicle is parked.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "image
display device" means equipment displaying to the driver of the
motor vehicle any of the following:
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(1) A broadcast television image.
(2) A moving visual image, other than text, from a
digital video disc or other storage device.
ยง 4527. [TELEVISION EQUIPMENT] IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE.
(A) GENERAL RULE.--NO MOTOR VEHICLE SHALL BE OPERATED ON A
HIGHWAY [SHALL BE EQUIPPED] WITH [TELEVISION-TYPE RECEIVING
EQUIPMENT FORWARD OF THE BACK OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT OR OTHERWISE]
AN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE WHERE A BROADCAST TELEVISION IMAGE, A
LIVE STREAM VIDEO IMAGE FROM THE INTERNET, SATELLITE OR ANY
OTHER SOURCE OR A PRERECORDED VIDEO IMAGE IS VISIBLE TO THE
DRIVER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.
(B) EXCEPTION.--THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE
FOLLOWING:
(1) TELEVISION-TYPE RECEIVING EQUIPMENT IN A VEHICLE
USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAFETY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES AS
APPROVED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE.
(2) [ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS] IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICES USED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH [IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS.] ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING:
(I) A VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY.
(II) A GLOBAL POSITIONING DEVICE.
(III) A MAPPING DISPLAY.
(IV) A VISUAL DISPLAY USED TO ENHANCE OR SUPPLEMENT
THE DRIVER ' S VIEW FORWARD, BEHIND OR TO THE SIDES OF A
MOTOR VEHICLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE.
(V) A VISUAL DISPLAY USED TO ENHANCE OR SUPPLEMENT A
DRIVER ' S VIEW OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.
(VI) A VISUAL DISPLAY USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAFETY OR
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING INFORMATION.
(VII) A TELEVISION RECEIVER, VIDEO MONITOR,
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TELEVISION OR VIDEO SCREEN OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR MEANS OF
VISUALLY DISPLAYING A TELEVISION BROADCAST OR VIDEO
SIGNAL, IF THAT EQUIPMENT HAS AN INTERLOCK DEVICE THAT,
WHEN THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS DRIVEN, DISABLES THE EQUIPMENT
FROM DISPLAYING A BROADCAST TELEVISION IMAGE, LIVE STREAM
VIDEO IMAGE FROM THE INTERNET, SATELLITE OR ANY OTHER
SOURCE, OR A PRERECORDED VIDEO IMAGE.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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