PRINTER'S NO. 3962
No. 2765 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY GANNON, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BELARDI, BENNINGHOFF,
L. I. COHEN, CORRIGAN, DALEY, DeLUCA, DERMODY, HARHAI, HASAY,
HERSHEY, HUTCHINSON, LAUGHLIN, LUCYK, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE,
SATHER, SHANER, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, TRUE, WANSACZ
AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, extending additional parking regulations to ex-
3 prisoners of war.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3354(d) and (e) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 3354. Additional parking regulations.
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10 (d) Handicapped persons, ex-prisoners of war and disabled
11 veterans.--
12 (1) When a motor vehicle bearing a handicapped, ex-
13 prisoner of war or severely disabled veteran plate or
14 displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking
15 placard as prescribed in this title is being operated by or
16 for the transportation of the handicapped person, ex-prisoner
17 of war or severely disabled veteran, the driver shall be
1 relieved of any liability for parking for a period of 60
2 minutes in excess of the legal parking period permitted by
3 local authorities except where local ordinances or police
4 regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy traffic
5 during morning, afternoon or evening hours.
6 (2) At the request of any handicapped person, ex-
7 prisoner of war or severely disabled veteran, local
8 authorities may erect on the highway as close as possible to
9 their place of residence a sign or signs indicating that that
10 place is reserved for the handicapped person, ex-prisoner of
11 war or severely disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed
12 there by others, and that any unauthorized person parking
13 there shall be subject to a fine.
14 (3) (i) Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully
15 bearing a handicapped, ex-prisoner of war or severely
16 disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a
17 handicapped or severely disabled veteran parking placard
18 when such vehicles are being operated by or for the
19 transportation of a handicapped person, ex-prisoner of
20 war or a severely disabled veteran, no person shall park
21 a vehicle on public or private property reserved for a
22 handicapped person, ex-prisoner of war or severely
23 disabled veteran which property has been so posted in
24 accordance with departmental regulations which shall
25 require a sign stating the penalty amount indicated in
26 subsection (f), a sign indicating that vehicles in
27 violation of the subsection may be towed and require that
28 signs be replaced when they become either obsolete or
29 missing with all costs to replace the necessary signs to
30 be borne by the persons responsible for signing the
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1 particular location. Any vehicle which is unlawfully
2 parked in a designated handicapped parking area may be
3 removed from that area by towing and may be reclaimed by
4 the vehicle owner upon payment of the towing costs.
5 (ii) Local authorities shall have the power and may,
6 by ordinance or resolution, authorize handicapped
7 persons, ex-prisoners of war and severely disabled
8 veterans to issue statements to violators or violating
9 vehicles for violation of subparagraph (i). The form of
10 the statement shall be as prescribed by the local
11 authorities.
12 (e) Unauthorized use.--An operator of a vehicle bearing a
13 handicapped, ex-prisoner of war or severely disabled veteran
14 plate or displaying a handicapped or severely disabled veteran
15 parking placard shall not make use of the parking privileges
16 accorded to handicapped persons, ex-prisoners of war and
17 severely disabled veterans under subsection (d)(3) unless the
18 operator is handicapped, an ex-prisoner of war or a severely
19 disabled veteran or unless the vehicle is being operated for the
20 transportation of a handicapped person, ex-prisoner of war or
21 severely disabled veteran.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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