PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1487 PRINTER'S NO. 1980
No. 1294 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, KASUNIC, WILLIAMS, FAIRCHILD, GIGLIOTTI,
ROBINSON, JACKSON, KOSINSKI, MARKOSEK, VAN HORNE, NAHILL,
YANDRISEVITS, PRESTON, FOX, TRELLO, DeWEESE, VEON, GEIST,
KONDRICH, J. TAYLOR, CORNELL, CORRIGAN, REBER, PETRARCA,
DALEY, ADOLPH, WILSON, MRKONIC, WOZNIAK, MICHLOVIC,
TANGRETTI, PISTELLA, SALOOM, DIETTERICK, BELARDI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, RICHARDSON, TRICH AND NAILOR, APRIL 24, 1989
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 6, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, increasing the penalty for certain parking
3 violations relating to handicapped and disabled veterans'
4 parking spaces; AND AUTHORIZING HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND <--
5 DISABLED VETERANS TO ISSUE CERTAIN WARNINGS.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 3354(E) AND (f) of Title 75 of the <--
9 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is ARE amended to read: <--
10 § 3354. Additional parking regulations.
11 * * *
12 (E) UNAUTHORIZED USE.-- <--
13 (1) AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE BEARING A HANDICAPPED OR
14 SEVERELY DISABLED VETERAN PLATE OR DISPLAYING A HANDICAPPED
15 OR SEVERELY DISABLED VETERAN PARKING PLACARD SHALL NOT MAKE
16 USE OF THE PARKING PRIVILEGES ACCORDED TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS
1 AND SEVERELY DISABLED VETERANS UNDER SUBSECTION (D)(3) UNLESS
2 THE OPERATOR IS HANDICAPPED OR A SEVERELY DISABLED VETERAN OR
3 UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
4 OF A HANDICAPPED PERSON OR SEVERELY DISABLED VETERAN.
5 (2) HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND DISABLED VETERANS ARE
6 AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE WARNINGS TO VIOLATORS OR VIOLATING
7 VEHICLES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION, IN ACCORDANCE
8 WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT PROMULGATED TO
9 IMPLEMENT THIS PARAGRAPH.
10 (f) Penalty.--Any person violating subsection (a), (b) or
11 (d)(1) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon
12 conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15. Any
13 person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e) is guilty of a
14 summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay
15 a fine of not less than [$15] $100 nor more than [$50] $200.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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