PRINTER'S NO. 444
No. 429 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, WILT AND ANDREZESKI, FEBRUARY 6, 1989
REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
FEBRUARY 6, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, prohibiting the solicitation of owners of motor
3 vehicles involved in accidents.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 7313. Solicitation of owners of vehicles involved in
9 accidents prohibited.
10 (a) Removal of vehicle.--A person commits a misdemeanor of
11 the third degree if, at the scene of an accident, he solicits
12 the owner of a motor vehicle involved in the accident to remove
13 the vehicle.
14 (b) Referral of repair work and towing.--A person commits a
15 misdemeanor of the third degree if, at the scene of an accident,
16 on behalf of a vehicle body repair shop or a tow truck operator
17 and for a commission or anything of value, he solicits the owner
18 of a motor vehicle involved in the accident and refers the
1 repair work or towing to the vehicle body repair shop or tow
2 truck operator.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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