PRINTER'S NO. 1969
No. 1567 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY SCAVELLO, ALLEN, BASTIAN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA,
CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DAILEY, EGOLF, FRANKEL, GEIST, GILLESPIE,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HORSEY, KIRKLAND, KOTIK,
LAUGHLIN, LEACH, LEH, LEWIS, MAJOR, MANN, MELIO, R. MILLER,
MUNDY, O'NEILL, ROHRER, RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR, SHANER,
SOLOBAY, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WANSACZ, WATSON, WILT AND
YOUNGBLOOD, JUNE 9, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 9, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for securing loads in vehicles.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 4903(c.1) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 4903. Securing loads in vehicles.
8 * * *
9 (c.1) Load of loose garbage.--Every load of loose, nonbaled
10 garbage, waste, refuse or rubbish being transported through or
11 within this Commonwealth shall be transported in a vehicle with
12 four solid sides and with a cover or top of a type to prevent
13 any of the load from escaping. The cover or top shall remain
14 tightly in place going to a disposal site. The load shall be no
15 higher than the solid sides of the vehicle. [It is imperative
1 that all] All garbage, waste, refuse or rubbish shall be removed
2 from the vehicle at the disposal site and the cover or top shall
3 remain tightly in place going from a disposal site to prevent
4 any scattering of litter on the highway during the return trip.
5 No truck, trailer or semitrailer with an open body or stake body
6 shall be used for such purposes. This subsection shall not apply
7 to vehicles engaged in the systematic collection of garbage or
8 refuse and which are designed to be open in the rear for the
9 loading of garbage or refuse.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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