Bill Text: PA HB2064 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for operation following suspension of registration.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-07 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2064 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2064-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2856
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2064 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY CARROLL, GOODMAN, CLYMER, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, GEIST, GROVE, HARKINS, HORNAMAN, KAVULICH, MILLARD, MUNDY, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PEIFER, SCHRODER, STABACK, SWANGER, TAYLOR, TRUITT AND YOUNGBLOOD, DECEMBER 7, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, DECEMBER 7, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for operation following
suspension of registration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1371 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1371. Operation following suspension of registration.
(a) General rule.--No person shall operate and no owner
shall permit to be operated upon any highway a vehicle the
registration of which has been suspended.
(a.1) Impound of vehicle.--When an officer has probable
cause to believe a person has violated subsection (a), the
officer shall not permit the suspected offender to drive the
involved vehicle. The officer may permit the registered owner to
remove the vehicle from the place of the traffic stop so long as
the registered owner is properly licensed to drive the vehicle
and the officer does not have probable cause to issue a citation
to the registered owner for a violation of subsection (a) or
section 1575 (relating to permitting violation of title).
Otherwise, the officer shall impound the vehicle.
(a.2) Forfeiture of vehicle.--Any motor vehicle used in
violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth
if, upon hearing, the Commonwealth shows by a preponderance of
the evidence that the registered owner operated the vehicle in
violation of this section.
(b) Penalty.--[Any] Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsections (a.1) and (a.2), any person violating this section
is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than
$500. In the case of a motor carrier vehicle other than a
trailer, the fine shall be double the registration fee for the
maximum weight at which the vehicle could have been registered
in this Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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