PRINTER'S NO. 4241
THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
HOUSE
No. 2773 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, PISTELLA, LEDERER, WOJNAROSKI,
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the
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Statutes, authorizing the use of radar by certain local
3 police officers who meet
certain qualifications.
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The General Assembly of the
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Section 1. Section 3368(c) of
Title 75 of the
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to
read:
8 § 3368. Speed timing devices.
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(c) Mechanical,
electrical and electronic devices
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(1) Except
as otherwise provided in this section, the
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rate of speed of any vehicle may be timed on any highway by a
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police officer using a mechanical or electrical
speed timing
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(2) Except
as otherwise provided in [paragraph (3)]
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paragraphs (3) and (3.1), electronic devices such as radio-
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microwave devices (commonly referred to as electronic speed
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meters or radar) may be used only by members of the
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(3) Electronic
devices which calculate speed by
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measuring elapsed time between measured road surface points
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by using two sensors and devices which measure and calculate
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the average speed of a vehicle between any two points may be
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(3.1)
Electronic devices such as radio-microwave
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devices, commonly referred to as electronic speed meters or
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radar, may be used by full-time police officers in second
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class cities who have satisfactorily completed the
12 requirements of 53 Pa.C.S.
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municipal police education and training) and who have been
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trained in the use of radar in a program approved by the
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Commissioner of the
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Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police shall submit an
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annual report to the General Assembly concerning the effects
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(4) No
person may be convicted upon evidence obtained
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through the use of devices authorized by paragraphs (2) [and
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(3)], (3) and (3.1) unless the speed recorded is six or more
22 miles per hour in excess of the legal
speed limit.
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Furthermore, no person may be convicted upon evidence
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obtained through the use of devices authorized by paragraph
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(3) in an area where the legal speed limit is less than 55
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miles per hour if the speed recorded is less than ten miles
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hour in excess of the legal speed limit. This paragraph
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shall not apply to evidence obtained through the use of
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devices authorized by paragraph (2) or (3) within a school
30 zone or an active work zone.
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Section 2. This act shall take
effect in 60 days.
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