Pennsylvania Act 1990-2 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                    Act of Feb. 2, 1990, P.L. 2, No. 2                Cl. 75
                             Session of 1990
                                No. 1990-2

     HB 423

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, defining "salvage motor vehicle auction or pool
        operator"; further providing for inspection of garages and
        dealer premises by police; and requiring certain persons to
        keep accurate records of motor vehicle sales and
        dispositions.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 102 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a definition 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:
        * * *
        "Salvage motor vehicle auction or pool operator."  A person
     who on his own behalf or as an agent for a third party engages
     in business for the purpose of offering for sale wrecked or
     salvage motor vehicles through an auction or private bid process
     to vehicle salvage dealers.
        * * *
        Section 2.  Section 6308 of Title 75 is amended to read:
      § 6308.  Investigation by police officers.
        (a)  Duty of operator or pedestrian.--The operator of any
     vehicle or any pedestrian reasonably believed to have violated
     any provision of this title shall stop upon request or signal of
     any police officer and shall, upon request, exhibit a
     registration card, driver's license and information relating to
     financial responsibility, or other means of identification if a
     pedestrian or driver of a pedalcycle, and shall write their name
     in the presence of the police officer if so required for the
     purpose of establishing identity.
        (b)  Authority of police officer.--Whenever a police officer
     is engaged in a systematic program of checking vehicles or
     drivers or has articulable and reasonable grounds to suspect a
     violation of this title, he may stop a vehicle, upon request or
     signal, for the purpose of checking the vehicle's registration,
     proof of financial responsibility, vehicle identification number
     or engine number or the driver's license, or to secure such
     other information as the officer may reasonably believe to be
     necessary to enforce the provisions of this title.
        (c)  Inspection of garages and dealer premises.--Any police
     officer or authorized department employee may inspect any
     vehicle in any [public] garage or repair shop or on the premises
     of any dealer, miscellaneous motor vehicle business, salvage
     motor vehicle auction or pool operator, salvor, scrap metal
     processor, or other public place of business for the purpose of
     locating stolen vehicles or parts or vehicles or vehicle parts
     with identification numbers removed or falsified. The owner of
     the garage or repair shop or the dealer or other person shall
     permit any police officer or authorized department employee to
     make investigations under this subsection.
        (d)  Records.--Every salvor, miscellaneous motor vehicle
     business, salvage motor vehicle auction or pool operator, scrap
     metal processor and dealer shall keep accurate records of motor
     vehicle sales and dispositions. The records shall include the
     make, year and type of vehicle, from whom purchased or acquired
     and date, vehicle identification number and date of sale or
     disposition of vehicle. The records shall be available on the
     premises of the salvor, miscellaneous motor vehicle business,
     salvage motor vehicle auction or pool operator, scrap metal
     processor and dealer and open to inspection by any police
     officer or authorized department employee. The records shall be
     maintained for three years from the date of disposition of the
     vehicle.
        (e)  Penalty.--Any person violating subsection (d) commits a
     misdemeanor of the third degree.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 2nd day of February, A. D. 1990.

     ROBERT P. CASEY