Bill Text: PA HB197 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for duties of drivers in accidents involving death or personal injury.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 44-11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-02 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB197 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB197-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 196
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 197 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY REED, ADOLPH, BEYER, BOYD, BROOKS, BUXTON, CAUSER, CIVERA, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, J. EVANS, EVERETT, FLECK, GEIST, GOODMAN, GROVE, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HESS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KOTIK, MANN, MELIO, MILLARD, MILLER, MOUL, MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROAE, ROCK, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TRUE, TURZAI, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, FEBRUARY 2, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 2, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for duties of drivers in
accidents involving death or personal injury.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3742(b)(3) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 3742. Accidents involving death or personal injury.
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(b) Penalties.--
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(3) If the victim dies, any person violating subsection
(a) commits a felony of the third degree, and the sentencing
court shall order the person to serve a minimum term of
imprisonment of not less than [one year] five years and a
mandatory minimum fine of $2,500, notwithstanding any other
provision of law.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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