PRINTER'S NO. 789
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
723
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, MARCH 7, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 7, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in enforcement, providing for authority to arrest
or cite outside of State park or forest lands.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 6314. Authority to arrest or cite outside of State park or
forest lands.
Individuals appointed and commissioned by the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources to preserve order in the
State park or State forest lands are specifically authorized to
enforce those provisions of this title which designate
violations as summary offenses of operation of an all-terrain
vehicle even if the violation occurs outside of State park and
State forest lands. The authority to enforce those provisions
includes the power to stop vehicles suspected of summary
offenses, to issue citations for summary offenses and, if a
vehicle is stopped for a suspected summary offense, to make
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arrests where evidence appears of additional offenses designated
as misdemeanors or felonies.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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