PRINTER'S NO. 114
No. 117 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, HART, WENGER, TOMLINSON AND AFFLERBACH,
JANUARY 21, 1997
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 21, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further defining "emergency vehicle."
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The definition of "emergency vehicle" in section
6 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
7 amended to read:
8 § 102. Definitions.
9 Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
10 provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
11 provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
12 used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
13 indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
14 * * *
15 "Emergency vehicle." A fire department vehicle, police
16 vehicle, sheriff vehicle, ambulance, blood-delivery vehicle,
17 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
15 commander.
16 (5) A river rescue commander [and], assistant commander
17 and, when a river rescue company has three or more rescue
18 vehicles, a second assistant commander.
19 (6) A county emergency management coordinator.
20 (7) A fire marshal.
21 (8) A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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