PRINTER'SH2233B2987A04311 DMS:JMT 05/02/24 #90 A04311 AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO.

29872233 THESponsor: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.

2233REPRESENTATIVE 2024CURRY INTRODUCEDPrinter's BYNo. CURRY, HILL-EVANS, GIRAL, BELLMON AND SANCHEZ, APRIL 24, 2024 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 24, 2024 AN ACT Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated of vehicles, further providing for accident scene clearance.

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Section 1.

Section 3745.1 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 3745.1.

Accident scene clearance.

* * * (f.1) Violation of title or local ordinance.--An owner or operator of a tow truck that recovers or removes a wrecked or disabled vehicle from the roadway to a safe refuge on the shoulder, emergency lane or median at the direction of a police officer is not in violation of this title or an ordinance of a local authority for an action performed by the owner or operator of the tow truck during the recovery or removal of the wrecked or disabled vehicle if the action was performed at the specific direction of the police officer.

* * * Section 2.

This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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