PRINTER'S NO. 2940
No. 2136 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY KENNEY, CORRIGAN, ROONEY, ARMSTRONG, BASTIAN,
BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CRAHALLA,
CREIGHTON, DeLUCA, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOOD, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, LEVDANSKY,
MANN, MARKOSEK, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, O'NEILL, PAYNE,
PHILLIPS, PYLE, RAYMOND, READSHAW, RUBLEY, SCHRODER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR,
THOMAS, TIGUE, TRUE, WATSON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 25, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 25, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for penalties for accidents
3 involving death or personal injury.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3742(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 3742. Accidents involving death or personal injury.
9 * * *
10 (b) Penalties.--
11 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any
12 person violating this section commits a misdemeanor of the
13 first degree; and the sentencing court shall order the person
14 to pay a fine of not less than $300 and serve a minimum term
15 of imprisonment of not less than 48 consecutive hours.
1 (2) If the victim suffers serious bodily injury, any
2 person violating subsection (a) commits a felony of the third
3 degree, and the sentencing court shall order the person to
4 serve a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than 90 days
5 and a mandatory minimum fine of $1,000, notwithstanding any
6 other provision of law.
7 (3) If the victim dies, any person violating subsection
8 (a) commits a felony of the [third] second degree, and the
9 sentencing court shall order the person to serve a minimum
10 term of imprisonment of not less than [one year] three years
11 and a mandatory minimum fine of [$2,500, notwithstanding any
12 other provision of law.] $5,000. An additional fine and term
13 of imprisonment under this paragraph shall be imposed for
14 each victim whose death is the result of the violation of
15 subsection (a).
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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