PRINTER'S NO. 1324
No. 1143 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, GEIST, READSHAW, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE, THOMAS, NAILOR, CASORIO, TIGUE, CORRIGAN, FAIRCHILD, BELFANTI, WALKO, STABACK, GRUCELA, LAUGHLIN, WOJNAROSKI, SOLOBAY, PISTELLA, PRESTON, L. I. COHEN, HARHAI, J. WILLIAMS, FREEMAN AND COLAFELLA, MARCH 22, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 22, 2001
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, providing for the enforcement of judgments obtained 3 against uninsured motorists. 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 § 1776. Uninsured motorists. 9 A judgment creditor who obtains a judgment as a result of an 10 accident with an uninsured motorist who is the judgment debtor 11 may, where such judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as 12 specified by an order under section 1775 (relating to 13 installment payment of judgments) or otherwise defaults in 14 payment of that judgment, obtain a writ of execution upon the 15 salaries, wages or other income of the judgment debtor in 16 accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. 17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A23L75RZ/20010H1143B1324