PRINTER'SH2233B3052A04519 PWK:EJH 05/21/24 #90 A04519 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.

The3052 GeneralAmend AssemblyBill, ofpage the1, Commonwealthlines of10 Pennsylvaniathrough hereby18; enacts as follows:

Sectionpage 1.2, lines 1 through 3;

Sectionby 3745.1striking out all of Titlesaid 75lines on said pages and inserting (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 Pennsylvaniaroadway Consolidatedto Statutesthe nearest safe refuge on the shoulder, emergency lane or median at the direction of a police officer, while the police officer is amendedengaged byin addingthe performance of the police officer's official duties, shall not be convicted of a subsectionviolation of the provisions of section 3308 (relating to read:one-way roadways and rotary traffic islands), Subchapter E of Chapter 33 (relating to stopping, standing and parking), Chapter 49 (relating to size, weight and load) or a similar 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 while the police officer is engaged in the performance of the police officer's official duties.

§This 3745.1.section does not relieve the owner or operator of a tow truck from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons.

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* * * (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.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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