Bill Text: PA HB2543 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for duty of driver in construction and maintenance areas or on highway safety corridors.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-07-02 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB2543 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB2543-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 3905
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2543 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, V. BROWN, CARROLL, DAVIS, DePASQUALE, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO, KORTZ, KULA, MAHONEY, MARSHALL, MULLERY, READSHAW, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, JULY 2, 2012
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 2, 2012
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for duty of driver in
construction and maintenance areas or on highway safety
corridors.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3326 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 3326. Duty of driver in construction and maintenance areas or
on highway safety corridors.
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(f) Prohibited acts.--While in an active construction zone,
a motor vehicle operator shall not use a handheld electronic
device. A violation of this subsection shall be a summary
offense.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.