Pennsylvania HB 2526: An Act amending the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor Code, in Pennsylvania liquor stores, further providing for sales by Pennsylvania liquor stores.

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PRINTER'S NO. 3425
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2526
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY DAY, MAY 20, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, MAY 21, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of
vehicles, providing for automated litter enforcement systems
in public rights-of-way and highways; and imposing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 3118. Automated litter enforcement systems in public rights-
of-way and highways.
(a) Establishment.--Subject to the requirements of this
section, the department, commission or a municipality may
establish and use automated litter enforcement systems in public
rights-of-way and highways to enforce littering violations in
litter enforcement zones.
(b) Authorization.--
(1) The department may authorize the use of an automated
litter enforcement system on any State-designated highway.
(2) The commission may authorize the use of an automated
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litter enforcement system on any portion of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike.
(3) Subject to subsection (c), a municipality may
authorize the use of an automated litter enforcement system
on any highway under the jurisdiction of the municipality.
(c) Municipal requirements.--Prior to the use of an
automated litter enforcement system in a litter enforcement zone
under the jurisdiction of a municipality and except as provided
in subsection (d), the municipality shall:
(1) Enact a local ordinance authorizing the general use
of automated litter enforcement systems in a litter
enforcement zone under the jurisdiction of the municipality.
(2) Transmit a copy of the ordinance to the department.
(3) Provide a statement of policy to the department
outlining the criteria the municipality will use when
determining litter enforcement zones for the use of an
automated litter enforcement system.
(4) Provide documentation to the department, as
determined by the department, demonstrating all of the
following:
(i) That the automated litter enforcement system
complies with this section and has been approved by the
department under subsection (o).
(ii) That the municipality will comply with this
section.
(iii) That the system administrator, if applicable,
on the municipality's behalf, will comply with this
section.
(5) Provide documentation that the municipality has
entered into an agreement with a police department for the
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review of violations in accordance with subsection (k).
(6) Receive approval from the department to operate an
automated litter enforcement system in a litter enforcement
zone under the jurisdiction of the municipality.
(d) Exception.--If the department or the commission
authorizes the use of an automated litter enforcement system in
a litter enforcement zone that includes both a highway under the
jurisdiction of the department or the commission and a local
highway under the jurisdiction of a municipality, the department
or the commission may use the automated litter enforcement
system in the litter enforcement zone regardless of whether the
municipality has been approved to operate an automated litter
enforcement system under subsection (c).
(e) Construction.--Subsection (c) shall not be construed to
require a municipality to identify each litter enforcement zone
on the specific highway the municipality intends to use an
automated litter enforcement system or require the municipality
to receive prior approval for each litter enforcement zone in
which the municipality intends to use an automated litter
enforcement system.
(f) Litter enforcement zone requirements.--Not less than one
warning sign shall be conspicuously placed before and after the
litter enforcement zone, in both directions of traffic,
notifying the public that an automated litter enforcement system
is in use. The signs shall:
(1) Be in conformance with Federal regulations and be of
a size and design determined by the department.
(2) Clearly and accurately indicate if the automated
litter enforcement system is active and in use.
(g) Violations.--A motor vehicle that deposits waste and
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other material on highways, property or waters and is identified
by an automated litter enforcement system violates this section
and shall be subject to penalties under subsection (i).
(h) Owner liability.--For each violation under subsection
(g), the owner of the motor vehicle shall be liable for the
penalty imposed under subsection (i) unless the owner has a
defense under subsection (n). For the purposes of this section,
the lessee of a leased veh