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75 PA Cons Stat § 6101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6101 - Applicability and uniformity of title

§ 6101. Applicability and uniformity of title. (a) Requirement.--The provisions of this title shall be applicable and uniform throughout this Commonwealth and in all political subdivisions in this Commonwealth, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter covered by the provisions of this title unless expressly authorized.  (b) Sanctions.--When a court of competent jurisdiction determines and notifies the department that an ordinance adopted by a local authority is in violation of subsection (a), commencing 40 days following entry of a final order, unless an appeal has been timely filed with a court of record, the following sanctions apply until the local authority repeals or substantially amends the ordinance to remove the language that was found to be in violation of subsection (a):  (1) Suspension of unobligated capital expenditures for bridges and highways. (2) Suspension of allocation under the act of June 1, 1956 (1955 P.L.1944, No.655), referred to as the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law.  (3) Suspension of allocation and apportionment under section 9010(c.1) (relating to disposition and use of tax).  (4) Suspension of expenditures from the special fund into which allocations under the Liquid Fuels Tax Municipal Allocation Law are deposited, unless a contract for the work that is the subject of the expenditure has been fully executed or the moneys have been otherwise obligated.  (c) Suspended funds.--Upon notification that the local authority has repealed or substantially amended the ordinance to remove the language that was found to be in violation of subsection (a), the department shall immediately end all sanctions against the local authority and return all suspended funds to the local authority.  (Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1473, No.187, eff. 60 days)   Cross References. Section 6101 is referred to in sections 3316, 9010 of this title.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6102 - Powers and duties of department and local authorities

 § 6102. Powers and duties of department and local authorities. (a) Department.--The department is charged with the duty of administering the provisions of this title and of all laws the administration of which is now or hereafter vested in the department.  (b) Local authorities.--Local authorities may exercise the powers granted in this chapter only by duly enacted ordinances of their governing bodies.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6103.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6103.1 - Exemption from additional requirements for highway occupancy permits for agricultural purposes

§ 6103.1. Exemption from additional requirements for highway occupancy permits for agricultural purposes. The department shall waive all additional requirements for a highway occupancy permit in a fifth through eighth class county when all of the following conditions exist:  (1) The State highway has an overall width of at least 33 feet. (2) Not more than 25 combination vehicles per week will access the highway. (3) The lack of sufficient land is not the result of a subdivision within ten years by the applicant.  (4) The waiver is necessary for the expansion or creation of an agricultural operation which lacks other highway access points that could be permitted without waiver.  (5) The applicant does not hold fee simple title to land necessary to provide access without this waiver.  (6) The State highway has an average daily travel of less than 6,500 vehicles per day. (7) The highway access point has a sight distance of at least 500 feet.  (Dec. 8, 2004, P.L.1791, No.237, eff. 150 days; July 10, 2006, P.L.1086, No.113, eff. 60 days)
75 PA Cons Stat § 6104 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6104 - Administrative duties of department

 § 6104. Administrative duties of department. (a) Forms.--The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, registration cards, drivers' licenses and all other forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and any other laws the administration of which is vested in the department.  (b) Review of applications.--The department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, for a certificate of title, and for a driver's license and of any other application lawfully made to the department, and may in all cases make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information, and shall reject any application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity or legality of the application or the truth of any statement contained in the application, or for any other reason when authorized by law.  (c) Investigations.--The department may make necessary and reasonable investigations to procure information required to enforce the provisions of this title and department regulations.  (d) Retention of records.--The department shall promulgate rules setting forth the minimum amount of time that must elapse before the department may destroy records acquired, established or maintained under this title.  (e) Furnishing documents and information.--The department may supply copies of and information concerning registrations, titles and security interests of vehicles and such statistical data as it may deem to be in the public interest.  (f) Furnishing information to municipal police departments and sheriffs' offices.--The department shall regularly transmit to each municipal police department and sheriff's office a list of the names of persons residing within its jurisdiction whose operating privilege or registration has been suspended or revoked.   (Feb. 7, 1990, P.L.11, No.6, eff. 60 days)   1990 Amendment. Act 6 added subsec. (f).
75 PA Cons Stat § 6105 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6105 - Department to prescribe traffic and engineering investigations

§ 6105. Department to prescribe traffic and engineering investigations. The department may establish by regulation the manner in which traffic and engineering investigations shall be carried out. The department may specify particular actions which require traffic and engineering investigations. No action shall become effective until the investigation has been properly completed.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6105.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6105.1 - Designation of highway safety corridors

§ 6105.1. Designation of highway safety corridors. The department, based upon a traffic and engineering investigation, shall have the power to designate a segment of a highway as a highway safety corridor.  (Dec. 23, 2002, P.L.1982, No.229, eff. 6 months)   2002 Amendment. Act 229 added section 6105.1.  Cross References. Section 6105.1 is referred to in section 3326 of this title.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6105.2 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6105.2 - Designation of litter enforcement corridors

§ 6105.2. Designation of litter enforcement corridors. Litter enforcement corridors shall be designated as follows: (1) The department shall have the power to designate a segment of any State highway. (2) A political subdivision shall have the ability to petition the department to designate a segment of any State highway that is located within the political subdivision's physical boundaries.  (3) A political subdivision shall have the ability to designate any local road, by authority granted in section 6109 (relating to specific powers of department and local authorities).  (4) All scenic highways, as designated by 74 Pa.C.S. Ch. 83 (relating to scenic highways), shall be deemed litter enforcement corridors.  (June 28, 2018, P.L.429, No.62, eff. 6 months)   2018 Amendment. Act 62 added section 6105.2. Cross References. Section 6105.2 is referred to in sections 3329, 6109 of this title.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6106 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6106 - Designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police

 § 6106. Designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police. (a) General rule.--The Pennsylvania State Police may designate any vehicle or group of vehicles as emergency vehicles upon a finding that the designation is necessary to the preservation of life or property or to the execution of emergency governmental functions.  (a.1) Exception.--Vehicles designated as emergency vehicles under this section shall not display or be equipped with a combination of red and blue lights.  (b) Manner and carrying of designation.--The designation shall be in writing and the written designation shall be carried in the vehicle at all times.   (June 26, 2001, P.L.734, No.75, eff. 60 days)   Cross References. Section 6106 is referred to in sections 102, 4572 of this title.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6107 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6107 - Designation of authorized vehicles by department

§ 6107. Designation of authorized vehicles by department. The department may designate any vehicle or group of vehicles as authorized vehicles upon a finding that the vehicle is used in the performance of public service or governmental functions. Duly authorized vehicles shall be exempted from certain provisions of this title as specified in regulations promulgated by the department.    Cross References. Section 6107 is referred to in sections 4572, 4573 of this title.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6108 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6108 - Power of Governor during emergency

 § 6108. Power of Governor during emergency. (a) General rule.--In the event of a declared National, State or local emergency when the Governor of this Commonwealth has made a specific determination that modification of any of the provisions of this title will aid in the alleviation of the stated emergency conditions, the Governor shall have the power to so modify the provisions on any or all highways in this Commonwealth to be effective at any or all hours of the day or night with respect to any or all types or classes of vehicles. Such modifications shall expire at the end of the emergency period. No person, unless specifically exempted by the terms of the declaration of emergency or by other provisions of the statute or other laws, shall violate any of the terms, conditions, provisions and modifications set forth by the Governor.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating the provisions of this section, other than violations of section 3362(a)(3) (relating to maximum speed limits), commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $300. This penalty shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed under this title.   (Dec. 21, 1998, P.L.1126, No.151, eff. 60 days)   Cross References. Section 6108 is referred to in section 8704 of Title 53 (Municipalities Generally).
75 PA Cons Stat § 6110 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6110 - Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike

§ 6110. Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike. (a) General rule.--The provisions of this title apply upon any turnpike or highway under the supervision and control of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission unless specifically modified by rules and regulations promulgated by the commission which shall become effective only upon publication in accordance with law. A copy of the rules and regulations, so long as they are effective, shall be posted at all entrances to the turnpike or highway for the inspection of persons using the turnpike or highway. This section does not authorize the establishment of a maximum speed limit greater than 55 miles per hour, except that a 65-miles-per-hour or 70-miles-per-hour maximum speed limit for all vehicles may be established where the commission has posted a 65-miles-per-hour or 70-miles-per-hour speed limit.  (a.1) Posting.--No maximum speed limit established under subsection (a) shall be effective unless posted on fixed or variable official traffic-control devices erected after each interchange on the portion of highway on which the speed limit is in effect and wherever else the commission shall determine.  (b) Penalties.-- (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any person violating any of the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for which no penalty has otherwise been provided by statute commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25.  (2) (Deleted by amendment). (3) (Deleted by amendment). (July 10, 1981, P.L.259, No.86, eff. 60 days; Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.169, No.31, eff. 60 days; June 13, 1995, P.L.57, No.9, eff. 30 days; June 26, 2001, P.L.734, No.75, eff. 60 days; Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89)    2013 Amendment. Act 89 amended the entire section, effective immediately as to subsecs. (a) and (a.1) and 60 days as to the remainder of the section. See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.  1995 Amendment. See section 4 of Act 9 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to report on effect of increased speed limit.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6110.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6110.1 - Fare evasion

§ 6110.1. Fare evasion. (a) Penalty.--A person that violates a regulation of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission prohibiting fare evasion or attempted fare evasion commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine according to the classification by the commission of the vehicle driven by that person at the time of violation as follows:  (1) Class 1 through 2: $100. (2) Class 3 through 6: $500. (3) Class 7 and higher: $1,000. (b) Affirmative action.--A person that intentionally or knowingly takes an affirmative action in an attempt to evade tolls incurred for travel upon the Pennsylvania turnpike or a road under its control commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to:  (1) pay a fine of $3,000 for a first offense; and (2) pay a fine of $6,500 or to imprisonment of not more than six months, or both, for a second or subsequent offense.  (c) Construction.--Prosecution of a violation of this section shall not preclude prosecution under section 1332 (relating to display of registration plate), 7122 (relating to altered, forged or counterfeit documents and plates) or 7124 (relating to fraudulent use or removal of registration plate).  (d) Restitution.--In addition to the fines imposed under this section, restitution shall be made to the commission in an amount equal to the full fare, for the appropriate vehicle class, from the farthest point of entry on the turnpike to the actual point of exit.  (e) Deposit of fines.--Notwithstanding the provision of any other law, the fines collected under subsections (a) and (b) shall be deposited into the Motor License Fund.  (f) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "affirmative action" includes:  (1) removing a license plate from a vehicle to impede electronic toll collection; (2) installing a mechanism which rotates, changes, blocks or otherwise mechanically alters the ability of a license plate to be read by a violation enforcement system;  (3) installing a mechanical apparatus upon a vehicle which serves the sole purpose of masking, hiding or manipulating the true weight of the vehicle as it appears to a mechanical scale;  (4) conspiring with an individual or group of individuals to alter, lower or evade payment of correct tolls; and  (5) unauthorized use of a Pennsylvania Turnpike private gate access or otherwise unauthorized movement entering or exiting the turnpike other than at approved interchanges.  (Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89, eff. 60 days)   2013 Amendment. Act 89 added section 6110.1. See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6111 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6111 - Regulation of traffic on bridges under authority of interstate commissions

 § 6111. Regulation of traffic on bridges under authority of interstate commissions. (a) General rule.--The provisions of this title apply to any bridge under the supervision and control of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the Delaware River Port Authority and the New York-Pennsylvania Joint Commission on Bridges over the Delaware River unless specifically modified by rules and regulations which shall become effective only upon publication in accordance with law. Rules and regulations, so long as they are effective, shall be posted at all entrances to the bridges.  (b) Penalty.--Any person violating any of the rules and regulations of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, the Delaware River Port Authority or the New York-Pennsylvania Joint Commission on Bridges over the Delaware River for which no penalty has otherwise been provided by statute is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $25.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6112 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6112 - Removal of traffic hazards by property owner

 § 6112. Removal of traffic hazards by property owner. (a) General rule.--It is the duty of the owner of real property to remove from the property any tree, plant, shrub or other similar obstruction, or part thereof, which by obstructing the view of any driver constitutes a traffic hazard.  (b) Notice of hazard.--When the department or any local authority determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that a traffic hazard exists, it shall notify the owner and order the hazard removed within ten days.  (c) Penalty.--The failure of the owner to remove the traffic hazard within ten days after notice under subsection (b) is a summary offense and every day the owner fails to remove it shall be a separate and distinct offense. The offense is punishable by a fine of $10.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6113 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6113 - Control of public travel on private property by owner

 § 6113. Control of public travel on private property by owner. (a) General rule.--Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner, and not as a matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions than those specified in this title, or otherwise regulating such use as may seem best to such owner.  (b) Enforcement.--The owner of real property which is ten contiguous acres or more in size may request the local authority to enforce the observance of speed limits and traffic-control devices on his property, providing the property has been posted in accordance with departmental regulations.   (June 30, 1984, P.L.473, No.99, eff. imd.)
75 PA Cons Stat § 6115 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6115 - Emergency telephones along Pennsylvania Turnpike

§ 6115. Emergency telephones along Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may provide for the installation and maintenance of an emergency telephone along every two miles on both sides of the highway along a 50-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike between Exits 8 and 11.  (Dec. 11, 1986, P.L.1530, No.166, eff. 60 days; July 8, 2016, P.L.493, No.77, eff. 60 days)
75 PA Cons Stat § 6116 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6116 - Payment by credit or debit card

§ 6116. Payment by credit or debit card. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the department is authorized to accept payment of a fee by a credit or debit card, even though such payment may not be accompanied by the required documents if the department determines that payment by credit or debit card will improve service to the public without adversely affecting the security and accuracy of departmental records. If a payment is made by a credit or debit card, the department may, in addition to the fee prescribed, assess an additional service fee.   (Dec. 16, 1992, P.L.1250, No.166, eff. imd.)   1992 Amendment. Act 166 added section 6116.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6117 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6117 - Authority of qualified employees of department and Department of Revenue

§ 6117. Authority of qualified employees of department and Department of Revenue. Employees of the department, the Department of Revenue and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission who have completed a training program approved by the respective secretaries of both departments shall be authorized to institute criminal proceedings by citation under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure for violations of the provisions of Chapters 13 (relating to registration of vehicles), 21 (relating to motor carriers road tax identification markers) and 96 (relating to motor carriers road tax).   (Dec. 7, 1994, P.L.820, No.115, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1995, P.L.669, No.75, eff. Jan. 1, 1996)    Cross References. Section 6117 is referred to in section 1376 of this title.
75 PA Cons Stat § 6118 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 75 - VEHICLES|Chapter 61 - Powers of Department and Local Authorities|Section 6118 - Municipal police officer education and training

§ 6118. Municipal police officer education and training. Beginning July 1, 2014, and each year thereafter, the sum of $5,000,000 is appropriated annually to the Pennsylvania State Police from the Motor License Fund to make payments under 53 Pa.C.S. § 2170 (relating to reimbursement of expenses) consistent with the requirements of section 11 of Article VIII of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. If money is not available to make full payments, the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission shall make payments on a pro rata basis.  (Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89, eff. 60 days)   2013 Amendment. Act 89 added section 6118. See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.