Bill Text: PA HB2119 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: In rules of the road in general, further providing for maximum speed limits; and, in powers of department and local authorities, further providing for regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-19 - Laid on the table [HB2119 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2119-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2949
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2119 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, GEIST, CALTAGIRONE, CHRISTIANA, DALEY, FABRIZIO, GERGELY, KORTZ, LAWRENCE, MAHONEY, MUSTIO, SIMMONS AND WHEATLEY, JANUARY 17, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 17, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in rules of the road in general, further providing
for maximum speed limits; and, in powers of department and
local authorities, further providing for regulation of
traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 3362(a) and (c)(1) and 6110(a) and (a.1)
of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are
amended to read:
§ 3362. Maximum speed limits.
(a) General rule.--Except when a special hazard exists that
requires lower speed for compliance with section 3361 (relating
to driving vehicle at safe speed), the limits specified in this
section or established under this subchapter shall be maximum
lawful speeds and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in
excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) 35 miles per hour in any urban district.
(1.1) 65 miles per hour for all vehicles on freeways
where the department has posted a 65-miles-per-hour speed
limit.
(1.2) 25 miles per hour in a residence district if the
highway:
(i) is not a numbered traffic route; and
(ii) is functionally classified by the department as
a local highway.
(1.3) 70 miles per hour for all vehicles on any portion
of the Pennsylvania Turnpike where the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission has posted a 70-miles-per-hour speed limit in
accordance with section 6110(a) (relating to regulation of
Pennsylvania Turnpike).
(2) 55 miles per hour in other locations.
(3) Any other maximum speed limit established under this
subchapter.
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(c) Penalty.--
(1) Any person violating this section is guilty of a
summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to
pay a fine of:
(i) $42.50 for violating a maximum speed limit of 65
miles per hour or 70 miles per hour; or
(ii) $35 for violating any other maximum speed
limit.
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§ 6110. Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike.
(a) General rule.--The provisions of this title apply upon
any turnpike or highway under the supervision and control of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission unless specifically modified by
rules and regulations promulgated by the commission which shall
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become effective only upon publication in accordance with law. A
copy of the rules and regulations, so long as they are
effective, shall be posted at all entrances to the turnpike or
highway for the inspection of persons using the turnpike or
highway. This section does not authorize the establishment of a
maximum speed limit greater than 55 miles per hour, except that
[a] 65-miles-per-hour and 70-miles-per-hour maximum speed
[limit] limits for all vehicles may be established where the
commission has posted a 65-miles-per-hour or 70-miles-per-hour
speed limit.
(a.1) Posting.--No maximum speed limit established under
subsection (a)[(1) or (2)] shall be effective unless posted on
fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected after
each interchange on the portion of highway on which the speed
limit is in effect and wherever else the commission shall
determine.
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Section 2. One year after the effective date of this
section, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may conduct a
review of traffic accidents and related statistics in areas
along the turnpike where the speed limit was increased to 70
miles per hour in accordance with 75 Pa.C.S. § 3754. Any such
review and related statistics shall remain confidential and
protected and shall be neither discoverable nor admissible in
the same manner as reports prepared under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3754.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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