THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BARRAR, BEYER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DENLINGER, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HESS, W. KELLER, KORTZ, MANN, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PALLONE, PAYNE, PYLE, READSHAW, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, VULAKOVICH, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 27, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 27, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for the penalty for unauthorized

use of a person with a disability or severely disabled

veteran plate or parking placard.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 3354(f) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 3354.  Additional parking regulations.

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(f)  Penalty.--A person violating subsection (a), (b) or (d)

(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction,

be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15. A person

violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a summary

offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine

of not less than $50 nor more than $200 and shall have his

driver's license suspended for a period of 30 days. If a person

is convicted under subsection (d)(2) or (3) in the absence of a

sign stating the penalty amount, the fine imposed may not exceed

$50.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.