PRINTER'S NO. 899
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
736
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, BLAKE, COSTA, MENSCH, RAFFERTY AND
BREWSTER, JUNE 1, 2017
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 1, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in powers of department and local authorities,
further providing for specific powers of department and local
authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6109 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 6109. Specific powers of department and local authorities.
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(i) Delegation of powers in cities of the second class A and
third class.--
(1) Notwithstanding a provision of 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 or
this title to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2018, the
parking authority of a city of the second class A or city of
the third class may enforce and administer ordinances and
resolutions enacted or adopted by the city of the second
class A or city of the third class under the powers specified
under subsection (a)(1) and those certain stopping, standing
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and parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and
3354.
(2) Beginning March 1, 2018, the parking authority of a
city of the second class A or city of the third class may
enter into an agreement with the city of the second class A
or city of the third class for the transfer of a portion of
the fines, penalties and costs collected under this
subsection, which the parking authority board deems
reasonable, to the city of the second class A or city of the
third class.
(3) As used in this subsection, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
paragraph:
"Administer." To provide any services or materials
necessary to enforce any ordinance or resolution enacted in
order to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or
parking of motor vehicles in a city of the second class A or
city of the third class or those certain stopping, standing
and parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and
3354, including, but not limited to:
(i) The installation and maintenance of all
equipment, including parking meters, on and along
highways, streets and roadways.
(ii) The installation and maintenance of all
signage, including signage for handicapped parking,
residential permit parking and loading areas, on and
along highways, streets and roadways.
(iii) The operation and management of any
handicapped parking, residential parking and loading area
permit programs.
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(iv) The adjudication of all disputed parking
violation notices or citations issued through enforcement
by the parking authority in a city of the second class A
or city of the third class.
"Enforce." The issuance of parking violation notices or
citations, the immobilization, towing and impoundment of
motor vehicles and the collection of fines, penalties and
costs, including independent collection agency fees, for
violations of any ordinance or resolution enacted in order to
regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of
motor vehicles in a city of the second class A and city of
the third class and those certain stopping, standing and
parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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