PRINTER'S NO. 284
No. 291 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, STABACK, VAN HORNE, TIGUE, ROONEY,
STURLA, TRELLO, TRAVAGLIO, LAUGHLIN, KREBS, ROBERTS, CIVERA,
GEIST, SURRA, RAYMOND, MARKOSEK, FAJT AND BELARDI,
JANUARY 25, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 25, 1995
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring road spray suppressor devices on
3 vehicles.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4537. Road spray suppressor devices.
9 (a) Trucks and other heavy vehicles.--On or before November
10 1, 1995, every truck, trailer and truck tractor driven on a
11 highway in this Commonwealth shall have road spray suppressor
12 devices installed and in proper operating order. The devices
13 shall be installed to minimize the amount of road spray from
14 rain or snow which can be deposited on windshields of other
15 vehicles by the tires of the truck, trailer or truck tractor.
16 (b) New vehicles.--On or before December 31, 1996, every new
17 vehicle registered in this Commonwealth shall be equipped with
1 road spray suppressor devices for the purpose set forth in
2 subsection (a).
3 (c) Vehicles owned by the Commonwealth or a political
4 subdivision.--On or before December 31, 1997, every vehicle
5 owned by the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions
6 shall have road spray suppressor devices installed and in proper
7 operating order for the purpose set forth in subsection (a).
8 (d) Penalty.--The owner of a vehicle which is driven in this
9 Commonwealth in violation of this section commits a summary
10 offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine
11 of up to $50.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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