Bill Text: PA HB648 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for additional parking regulations.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 32-12)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-14 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB648 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB648-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 649
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 648 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, BAKER, BEAR, BOBACK, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DAVIS, DAY, DENLINGER, FLECK, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GROVE, HALUSKA, HESS, KAVULICH, KILLION, KNOWLES, MANN, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PEIFER, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, ROCK, SANTARSIERO, SCAVELLO, K. SMITH, STERN, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for additional parking
regulations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3354(d)(3), (e) and (f) of Title 75 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 3354. Additional parking regulations.
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(d) Person with a disability and disabled veterans.--
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(3) (i) Except for persons parking vehicles
lawfully bearing a person with a disability or severely
disabled veteran registration plate or displaying a
person with a disability or severely disabled veteran
parking placard when such vehicles are being operated by
or for the transportation of a person with a disability
or a severely disabled veteran, no person shall park a
vehicle on public or private property reserved for a
person with a disability or severely disabled veteran
which property has been so posted in accordance with
departmental regulations. Regulations shall require that
parking spaces designated with an international symbol
for access for persons with disabilities on a sign are
posted with a sign stating the penalty amount indicated
in subsection (f) and that vehicles in violation of the
subsection may be towed and require that signs be
replaced when they become either obsolete or missing with
all costs to replace the necessary signs to be borne by
the persons responsible for signing the particular
location. The absence of a sign stating the penalty
amount at parking spaces designated with an international
symbol for access for persons with disabilities shall not
preclude the enforcement of this subsection. A vehicle
which is unlawfully parked in a designated person with a
disability parking area may be removed from that area by
towing and may be reclaimed by the vehicle owner upon
payment of the towing costs. A vehicle may only be towed
under this paragraph if the parking space is posted with
a sign indicating that vehicles in violation of this
section may be towed.
(ii) Local authorities shall have the power and may,
by ordinance or resolution, authorize a person with a
disability and severely disabled veterans to issue
statements to violators or violating vehicles for
violation of subparagraph (i). The form of the statement
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shall be as prescribed by the local authorities.
(iii) No occupancy or driveway permit may be issued
to a person whose property is reserved for a person with
a disability or a severely disabled veteran if the
property is not posted with a sign stating the penalty
amount indicated in subsection (f).
(iv) No person shall park in a manner that makes
inaccessible or blocks the access aisle located next to a
parking space reserved for persons with physical
disabilities which is mandated under the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat.
327).
(e) Unauthorized use.--
(1) An operator of a vehicle bearing a person with a
disability or severely disabled veteran plate or displaying a
person with a disability or severely disabled veteran parking
placard shall not make use of the parking privileges accorded
to a person with a disability and severely disabled veterans
under subsection (d)(3) unless the operator is a person with
a disability or a severely disabled veteran or unless the
vehicle is being operated for the transportation of a person
with a disability or severely disabled veteran.
(2) A law enforcement officer may request from an
operator of a vehicle bearing a person with a disability or
severely disabled veteran parking placard the disability
identification card that is issued by the department at the
time the placard is issued whenever an officer suspects a
violation of this section. Failure to comply with this
request for identification may result in the officer issuing
a citation for violation of this section.
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(f) Penalty.--
(1) A person violating subsection (a), (b) or (d)(1) is
guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $15.
(2) A person violating subsection (d)(2) or (3) or (e)
is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than
$200. If a person is convicted under subsection (d)(2) or (3)
in the absence of a sign stating the penalty amount, the fine
imposed may not exceed $50.
(3) A person violating subsection (e)(2) is guilty of a
summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to
pay a fine of $50.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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