PRINTER'S NO. 2736
THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
HOUSE
No. 1964 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW,
MUSTIO, PASHINSKI, SOLOBAY, WALKO AND WOJNAROSKI,
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION,
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the
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Statutes, authorizing the limited
use of radar by certain
3 local 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 local police officers in
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counties of the second class only in school zones who have
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satisfactorily completed the requirements of 53 Pa.C.S.
13 21 Subch.
D (relating to municipal police education and
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training) and who have been trained in the use of radar in a
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program approved by the Commissioner of the
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State Police. The Commissioner of the
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Police shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly
18 concerning the effects
of this paragraph.
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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
27 per 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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