Bill Text: PA HB1947 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further defining "emergency vehicle."

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-24 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1947 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1947-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2604
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1947 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY SIPTROTH, BELFANTI, BEYER, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CUTLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HESS, HORNAMAN, KULA, MANN, MATZIE, MILLER, MOUL, MURT, PALLONE, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, SWANGER AND J. TAYLOR, AUGUST 24, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 24, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further defining "emergency vehicle."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "emergency vehicle" in section
102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
amended to read:
§ 102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
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"Emergency vehicle." A fire department vehicle, police
vehicle, sheriff vehicle, ambulance, blood delivery vehicle,
human organ delivery vehicle, hazardous material response
vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one vehicle operated by
a coroner or chief county medical examiner and one vehicle
operated by a chief deputy coroner or deputy chief county
medical examiner used for answering emergency calls, any vehicle
owned and operated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority
established in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (relating to
parking authorities) and used in the enforcement of 53 Pa.C.S.
Ch. 57 (relating to taxicabs and limousines in first class
cities), any vehicle owned and operated by a chartered nonprofit
search and rescue organization dispatched by the 911 center in
the county where the organization is located or the county
emergency manager in a county where an incident occurs requiring
the services of the organization or any other vehicle designated
by the State Police under section 6106 (relating to designation
of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police), or a
privately owned vehicle used in answering an emergency call when
used by any of the following:
(1) A police chief and assistant chief.
(2) A fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire
company has three or more fire vehicles, a second or third
assistant chief.
(3) A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.
(4) An ambulance corps commander and assistant
commander.
(5) A river rescue commander and assistant commander.
(6) A county emergency management coordinator.
(7) A fire marshal.
(8) A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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