PRINTER'S NO. 2717
No. 2136 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY DININNI AND KOLTER, JANUARY 22, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 22, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), entitled
2 "An act relating to roads, streets, highways and bridges;
3 amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws
4 administered by the Secretary of Highways and by the
5 Department of Highways relating thereto," further providing
6 for rules for the use of highways.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 420, act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242,
10 No.428), known as the "State Highway Law," is amended to read:
11 Section 420. Rules for Use of, and Injury to, Highways;
12 Penalty.--(a) The secretary is empowered to make reasonable
13 rules and regulations governing the use of all State highways,
14 and, by the construction of curbs, divisor strips, painted lines
15 or signs, may control the direction of the flow of traffic
16 thereon.
17 (b) Any person violating such rules or regulations, or who
18 shall, by any method or device, or in any manner, wilfully or
19 maliciously destroy, injure, or damage any such highway in this
1 Commonwealth, shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be
2 sentenced to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00)
3 nor more than twenty dollars ($20.00) for each offense, together
4 with the costs of prosecution, which shall be recovered, as in
5 similar cases, upon complaint of any person before a magistrate
6 or justice of the peace, and the fine or fines so recovered
7 shall be paid into the Motor License Fund.
8 (c) The secretary may delegate to any municipality the
9 department's authority to issue permits for the opening of
10 driveways onto State highways and for the occupancy of State
11 highways within their boundaries on terms and conditions
12 established in department regulations.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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