PRINTER'S NO. 837
No. 781 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, TOMLINSON, AFFLERBACH AND COSTA,
APRIL 1, 1997
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 1, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for special speed limitations.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3365(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
7 adding a subsection to read:
8 § 3365. Special speed limitations.
9 * * *
10 (b) School zones.--When passing a school zone as defined
11 [and established] under regulations of the department, no person
12 shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than 15 miles per hour.
13 An official traffic-control device shall indicate the beginning
14 and end of each school zone to traffic approaching in each
15 direction. Establishment of a school zone, including its
16 location and hours of operation, shall be approved by [the
17 department.] local authorities. Local authorities shall also
1 have the power to designate a school crossing as a school zone.
2 * * *
3 (e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "school
4 crossing" means a portion of a roadway at an intersection or
5 elsewhere distinctly indicated for school children crossing by
6 lines or other markings.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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