Pennsylvania Act 2016-19 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - TELEVISION EQUIPMENT

Act text

Session of 2016

No. 2016-19

HB 1278

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in other required equipment, further providing for television equipment.

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

Section 1. Section 4527 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4527. [Television equipment] Image display device .

(a) General rule.--No motor vehicle shall be operated on a highway [shall be equipped] with [television-type receiving equipment forward of the back of the driver's seat or otherwise] an image display device where a broadcast television image, a live stream video image from the Internet, satellite or any other source or a prerecorded video image is visible to the driver while the vehicle is in motion .

(b) Exception.--This section shall not apply to the following:

(1) Television-type receiving equipment in a vehicle used exclusively for safety or law enforcement purposes as approved by the Pennsylvania State Police.

(2) [Electronic displays] Image display devices used in conjunction with [in-vehicle navigation systems.] any of the following:

(i) A vehicle information display.

(ii) A global positioning device.

(iii) A mapping display.

(iv) A visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle.

(v) A visual display used to enhance or supplement a driver's view of vehicle occupants.

(vi) A visual display used exclusively for safety or traffic engineering information.

(vii) A television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment from displaying a broadcast television image, live stream video image from the Internet, satellite or any other source or a prerecorded video image.

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

APPROVED--The 20th day of April, A.D. 2016.

TOM WOLF