Bill Text: PA SB1098 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further defining "emergency vehicle."

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-03 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [SB1098 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB1098-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1272
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1098 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, ERICKSON, BROWNE, BRUBAKER, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, COSTA, FARNESE, FONTANA, McILHINNEY, M. WHITE AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 3, 2011
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 3, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further defining "emergency vehicle."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "emergency vehicle" in section
102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
amended to read:
§ 102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this title which are applicable to specific
provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when
used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly
indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
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"Emergency vehicle." A fire department vehicle, police
vehicle, sheriff vehicle, ambulance, advanced life support squad
vehicle, basic life support squad vehicle, blood delivery
vehicle, human organ delivery vehicle, hazardous material
response vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one vehicle
operated by a coroner or chief county medical examiner and one
vehicle operated by a chief deputy coroner or deputy chief
county medical examiner used for answering emergency calls, a
vehicle owned by or leased to a regional emergency medical
services council that is used as authorized by the Department of
Health to respond to an actual or potential disaster, mass
casualty situation or substantial threat to public health, any
vehicle owned and operated by the Philadelphia Parking Authority
established in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (relating to
parking authorities) and used in the enforcement of 53 Pa.C.S.
Ch. 57 (relating to taxicabs and limousines in first class
cities), or any other vehicle designated by the State Police
under section 6106 (relating to designation of emergency
vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police), or a privately owned
vehicle used in answering an emergency call when used by any of
the following:
(1) A police chief and assistant chief.
(2) A fire chief, assistant chief and, when a fire
company has three or more fire vehicles, a second or third
assistant chief.
(3) A fire police captain and fire police lieutenant.
(4) An ambulance corps commander and assistant
commander.
(5) A river rescue commander and assistant commander.
(6) A county emergency management coordinator and local
emergency coordinator.
(7) A fire marshal.
(8) A rescue service chief and assistant chief.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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