Bill Text: PA HB618 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for reports by police.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-26 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB618 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB618-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 677
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 618 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, GEORGE, HESS, M. KELLER, MUSTIO, MYERS, PHILLIPS, REICHLEY, SIPTROTH, STERN, J. TAYLOR, YOUNGBLOOD AND GEIST, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for reports by police.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3751(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3751. Reports by police.
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(b) Furnishing copies of report.--
(1) Police departments shall, upon request, furnish a
certified copy of the full report of the police investigation
of any vehicle accident to any person involved in the
accident, his attorney or insurer, and to the Federal
Government, branches of the military service, Commonwealth
agencies, and to officials of political subdivisions and to
agencies of other states and nations and their political
subdivisions.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the cost of
furnishing a copy of a report under this subsection shall not
exceed [$15] $20.
(3) In a city of the first class, the cost of furnishing
a copy of a report under this subsection shall not exceed
$25.
(4) The copy of the report shall not be admissible as
evidence in any action for damages or criminal proceedings
arising out of a motor vehicle accident.
(5) Police departments may refuse to furnish the
complete copy of investigation of the vehicle accident
whenever there are criminal charges pending against any
persons involved in the vehicle accident unless the
Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure require the
production of the documents.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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