Pennsylvania Act 2000-108 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE

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VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE
                 Act of Dec. 20, 2000, P.L. 772, No. 108              Cl. 75
                             Session of 2000
                               No. 2000-108

     SB 1312

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for homicide by vehicle.

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

        Section 1.  Section 3732 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 3732.  Homicide by vehicle.
        Any person who [unintentionally] recklessly or with gross
     negligence causes the death of another person while engaged in
     the violation of any law of this Commonwealth or municipal
     ordinance applying to the operation or use of a vehicle or to
     the regulation of traffic except section 3731 (relating to
     driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) is
     guilty of homicide by vehicle, a [misdemeanor of the first]
     felony of the third degree, when the violation is the cause of
     death.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 20th day of December, A. D. 2000.

     THOMAS J. RIDGE