PRINTER'S NO. 2369
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1761
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY B. MILLER, GREINER, SOLOMON, RADER, SCHLOSSBERG,
JAMES, MILLARD, DeLUCA, MENTZER, WHEELAND, D. COSTA,
ZIMMERMAN, ROEBUCK, THOMAS, WARNER, RYAN, HICKERNELL, BOBACK,
BARBIN, STURLA, DAVIS, CUTLER, READSHAW AND DEAN,
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
for prohibiting text-based communications.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3316(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3316. Prohibiting text-based communications.
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(d) Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a
summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
[a fine of $50.] the following:
(1) For a first offense, a fine of $250.
(2) For a second offense, a fine of $500.
(3) For a third or subsequent offense, a fine of $750.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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