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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, BEYER, CREIGHTON, FRANKEL, GRUCELA, W. KELLER, KORTZ, MURT, PALLONE, REICHLEY, SIPTROTH, WALKO AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 27, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 27, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for stop intersections or |
3 | junctions and for traffic-control devices. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Sections 6109(e) and 6122(a) of Title 75 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 6109. Specific powers of department and local authorities. |
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10 | (e) Engineering and traffic investigation required.-- |
11 | (1) Action by local authorities under this section shall |
12 | be taken only after completing an engineering and traffic |
13 | investigation when and in such manner as required by |
14 | regulations promulgated by the department. No engineering and |
15 | traffic investigation is required to establish a speed limit |
16 | under section 3362(a)(1.2) (relating to maximum speed |
17 | limits). |
18 | (2) This subsection shall not apply to actions by local |
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1 | authorities in adopting regulations or ordinances designating |
2 | any intersection or junction of non-Federal and noninterstate |
3 | highways or roadways within a residence district as a stop |
4 | intersection or junction and in erecting official traffic- |
5 | control devices giving notice of such designation. |
6 | * * * |
7 | § 6122. Authority to erect traffic-control devices. |
8 | (a) General rule.--The department on State-designated |
9 | highways and local authorities on any highway within their |
10 | boundaries may erect official traffic-control devices, which |
11 | shall be installed and maintained in conformance with the manual |
12 | and regulations published by the department upon all highways as |
13 | required to carry out the provisions of this title or to |
14 | regulate, restrict, direct, warn, prohibit or guide traffic. |
15 | (1) [Local] Except as provided in paragraph (3), local |
16 | authorities shall obtain approval of the department prior to |
17 | erecting an official traffic-control device on a State- |
18 | designated highway except where department regulations |
19 | provide otherwise. |
20 | (2) [Local] Except as provided in paragraph (3), local |
21 | authorities shall obtain approval of the department prior to |
22 | erecting any traffic signal except in a municipality with a |
23 | traffic engineer qualified in accordance with department |
24 | regulations. |
25 | (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
26 | a local authority may erect a stop sign on a non-Federal and |
27 | noninterstate highway in a residence district within its |
28 | boundaries without the approval of the department. |
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30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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