Pennsylvania Act 2017-80 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - SPECIFIC POWERS OF DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Act text

Session of 2017

No. 2017-80

SB 736

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers of department and local authorities, further providing for specific powers of department and local authorities.

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

Section 1. Section 6109 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 6109. Specific powers of department and local authorities.

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(i) Delegation of powers in cities of the second class A and third class.--

(1) Notwithstanding a provision of 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 or this title to the contrary, beginning January 1, 2018, the parking authority of a city of the second class A or city of the third class may enforce and administer ordinances and resolutions enacted or adopted by the city of the second class A or city of the third class under the powers specified under subsection (a)(1) and those certain stopping, standing and parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354.

(2) Beginning March 1, 2018, the parking authority of a city of the second class A or city of the third class may enter into an agreement with the city of the second class A or city of the third class for the transfer of a portion of the fines, penalties and costs collected under this subsection, which the parking authority board deems reasonable, to the city of the second class A or city of the third class.

(3) As used in this subsection, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this paragraph:

"Administer." To provide any services or materials necessary to enforce any ordinance or resolution enacted in order to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles in a city of the second class A or city of the third class or those certain stopping, standing and parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354, including, but not limited to:

(i) The installation and maintenance of all equipment, including parking meters, on and along highways, streets and roadways.

(ii) The installation and maintenance of all signage, including signage for handicapped parking, residential permit parking and loading areas, on and along highways, streets and roadways.

(iii) The operation and management of any handicapped parking, residential parking and loading area permit programs.

(iv) The adjudication of all disputed parking violation notices or citations issued through enforcement by the parking authority in a city of the second class A or city of the third class.

"Enforce." The issuance of parking violation notices or citations, the immobilization, towing and impoundment of motor vehicles and the collection of fines, penalties and costs, including independent collection agency fees, for violations of any ordinance or resolution enacted in order to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of motor vehicles in a city of the second class A and city of the third class and those certain stopping, standing and parking provisions provided in sections 3351, 3353 and 3354.

Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 22nd day of December, A.D. 2017.

TOM WOLF