PRINTER'S NO. 1220
No. 1021 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, BELL, MOWERY, WAGNER, COSTA, BELAN,
O'PAKE AND THOMPSON, JUNE 14, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 14, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the definition of "emergency
3 vehicle."
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The definition of "emergency vehicle" in section
7 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
8 amended to read:
9 § 102. Definitions.
10 Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
11 provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
12 provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
13 used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
14 indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
15 * * *
16 "Emergency vehicle." A fire department vehicle, police
17 vehicle, sheriff vehicle, ambulance, blood-delivery vehicle,
18 hazardous material response vehicle, armed forces emergency
1 vehicle, one vehicle operated by a coroner or chief county
2 medical examiner and one vehicle operated by a chief deputy
3 coroner or deputy chief county medical examiner used for
4 answering emergency calls, or any other vehicle designated by
5 the State Police under section 6106 (relating to designation of
6 emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police), or a privately
7 owned vehicle used in answering an emergency call when used by
8 any of the following:
9 (1) A police chief and assistant chief.
10 (2) A fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire
11 company has three or more fire vehicles, a second or third
12 assistant chief.
13 (3) A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.
14 (4) An ambulance corps commander and assistant commander
15 and, when an ambulance corps has three or more ambulance
16 vehicles, a second or third assistant chief.
17 (5) A river rescue commander and assistant commander.
18 (6) A county emergency management coordinator.
19 (7) A fire marshal.
20 (8) A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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