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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY TRUITT, BARRAR, CREIGHTON, DALEY, GABLER, MILLARD, PICKETT, ROAE, STURLA AND VULAKOVICH, APRIL 30, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 30, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time, |
3 | further providing for summary offenses involving vehicles. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 5553(a) and (d) of Title 42 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 5553. Summary offenses involving vehicles. |
9 | (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b) |
10 | [or], (c) or (d), proceedings for summary offenses under Title |
11 | 75 (relating to vehicles) must be commenced within 30 days after |
12 | the commission of the alleged offense or within 30 days after |
13 | the discovery of the commission of the offense or the identity |
14 | of the offender, whichever is later, and not thereafter. |
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16 | (d) Local ordinances on overtime parking.--Local ordinances |
17 | pertaining to overtime parking shall be subject to the |
18 | provisions of this section. A municipality may provide, by |
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1 | ordinance, for follow-up notification of an overtime parking |
2 | violation. The notification shall be by first class mail to the |
3 | alleged offender and shall occur between 30 and 45 days |
4 | following the issuance of the parking ticket. When follow-up |
5 | notification is provided to an alleged offender, the limitation |
6 | period under subsection (a) shall be extended 30 days. |
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8 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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