Monday Legislation
Rep. Melissa Cerrato October 11, 2023 | 12:06 PM
House Bill 540 amends Section 1519 (relating to determination of incompetency) of Title 75 (Vehicles) to make technical changes by removing all references to a medical suspension of driving privileges for failure to comply, and rolling those provisions into the medical recall of driving privileges, with no practical changes.
This bill also states that a lessee requesting early termination of a lease is not liable for any penalty or early termination charge provided by the lease if the lessee's driving privileges have been recalled for medical reasons. This does not apply if there is another member of the lessee's household who regularly uses the vehicle. A lessee seeking to terminate a lease must provide to the lessor a copy of the PennDOT notice of medical license recall. The lease is terminated upon return of the vehicle to the lessor.
This act applies to leases for motor vehicles entered into with a lessee with a billing address located in Pennsylvania on or after the effective date of this section.
House Bill 1044 amends Sections 1317 (relating to acknowledgement of littering provisions) and 1520 (relating to acknowledgement of littering provisions) of Title 75 (Vehicles) to change the current language required to be printed above or below the signature of an applicant for a vehicle registration card, learner's permit, or driver's license to read as follows:
- I hereby acknowledge that littering from a vehicle, including littering by any person operating or inside the vehicle with my permission, onto any highway, public or private property or waters in Pennsylvania is illegal under section 3709 of the Vehicle Code, and that I may, upon conviction of a violation, be fined up to $300 or sentenced to litter pick-up community service or both.
House Bill 1232 makes the following specific changes to the Borough Code:
Section 1059.3 is amended to add language providing that an elected or appointed official of a borough may not be surcharged if the official acted in good faith on a written or publicly-disclosed opinion of the borough solicitor.
Sections 1141-1143 is amended to authorize a borough to appoint a partnership, limited partnership, association or professional corporation as the borough manager. Those individuals appointed borough manager, and for a partnership or professional corporation, each officer and employee directly providing services as authorized by agreement, shall be considered a "public official" for purposes of the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act, 65 Pa. C.S. Section 1103 (relating to restricted activities.)
Section 1174 is amended to permit the civil service commission of a borough to reorganize within 30 days of the first Monday in January of each even-numbered year.
Section 1307 is amended to remove a requirement that a preliminary budget be prepared beginning at least 30 days prior to the adoption of the budget.
House Bill 1338 amends Section 3722 (relating to off-road vehicles in urban municipalities) of Title 75 (Vehicles) to provide that nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede or preempt a local ordinance adopted by an urban municipality that prohibits, permits, or regulates the operation of an all-terrain vehicle or dirt bike inside the boundaries of the urban municipality.
Senate Bill 621 names 45 different roads and bridges across the Commonwealth.
Senate Bill 836 Amends Title 53, Chapter 21, Subchapter D by:
- Adds a definition of school director for a training school or academy and subjects that position of MPOETC set qualification; and
- Requires for applicants to MPOETC or to become a police officer to submit fingerprints for both and FBI and Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) background checks.
- The bill makes technical changes to include training school directors under the powers and duties of the commission and to require an individual applying to the commission to attend basic police training at a school for certification as a police officer or for approval as an instructor or school director to submit fingerprints and other identifying information to the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP). The PSP shall submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the purpose of a national criminal record check, and the PSP shall check the fingerprints against the central repository for the purposes of obtaining a criminal history record check.