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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 277 | PRINTER'S NO. 1207 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY YAW, D. WHITE, FONTANA AND BROWNE, JANUARY 27, 2011 |
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| SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, MAY 10, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in accidents and accident reports, further |
3 | providing for duty to give information and render aid. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 3744(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by | <-- |
8 | adding a subsection to read: |
9 | § 3744. Duty to give information and render aid. |
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11 | (c) Duty of occupants [if driver disabled].--Whenever the |
12 | driver of a vehicle is physically unable, refuses or neglects to |
13 | give the information or assistance required in this section and |
14 | there are other occupants in the vehicle at the time of the |
15 | accident who are physically able to give the information or |
16 | assistance required in this section, each of the other occupants |
17 | shall fully reveal the identity of himself and the identity of |
18 | the driver of the vehicle and of the owner of the vehicle of |
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1 | which they are occupants and shall otherwise perform the duties |
2 | of the driver as set forth in subsection (a). |
3 | (d) Penalties.-- | <-- |
4 | (1) Any driver violating this section commits a |
5 | misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, |
6 | be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $2,500. |
7 | (2) Any occupant violating this section commits a |
8 | summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to |
9 | pay a fine of not more than $300. |
10 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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