Pennsylvania HB 2556: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in turnpike extensions and improvements, providing for southern beltway projects.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3466
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2556
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY CURRY, MAYES, MAZZOCCO, KUZMA, SANCHEZ, WAXMAN,
RIVERA AND GUZMAN, MAY 29, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 29, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to traffic-control
devices, providing for automated road safety monitoring
systems.
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 road safety monitoring systems.
(a) Authorization.--
(1) A municipality, after passage of an ordinance, is
authorized to use an automated road safety monitoring system
approved by the department to prosecute enforceable
violations in a school zone.
(2) A municipality that uses an automated road safety
monitoring system under paragraph (1) may enter into a
contract with an entity, including the manufacturer or vendor
of automated road safety monitoring systems or other person
to implement, administer, operate or otherwise conduct the
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issuance, processing and the collection of citations and
fines.
(b) Owner liability.--Except as provided under subsection
(e), the registered owner of the motor vehicle shall be liable
for the penalty imposed under this section.
(c) Notification of violation and penalty.--
(1) A fine under this section shall be $40.
(2) For the first 30 days after an automated road safety
monitoring system becomes operational in a municipality, the
municipality may send a written warning to the registered
owner of a motor vehicle for the purposes of education in
lieu of enforcement through a fine.
(3) An enforceable violation issued by a municipality
may not be:
(i) Made part of the operating record of the
individual upon whom the liability is imposed.
(ii) A conviction of a moving violation under
Subchapter B of Chapter 33 (relating to right-of-way) and
Subchapter C of Chapter 35 (relating to rights and duties
of pedestrians).
(4) The following apply to the notification of an
enforceable violation:
(i) Notification from a municipality that authorizes
the use of an automated road safety monitoring system
shall include a notice of an enforceable violation to the
registered owner of a motor vehicle that is identified in
photographs or videos produced by an automated road
safety monitoring system as evidence of an enforceable
violation.
(ii) A rebuttable presumption exists that the
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registered owner of a motor vehicle was the driver of the
motor vehicle when the citation for an enforceable
violation was issued and notice delivered as provided in
this section.
(iii) The notice of violation required under
subparagraph (i) shall include:
(A) A copy of the photographs or video produced
by the automated road safety monitoring system and
any other data showing the motor vehicle in the
process of an enforceable violation.
(B) The registration number and state of
issuance of the motor vehicle.
(C) The name and address of the registered owner
of the motor vehicle.
(D) The date, time and location of the alleged
enforceable violation.
(E) The specific enforceable violation charged.
(F) Instructions for payment of the fine
imposed.
(G) A signed statement by a police officer or
trained technician employed by the municipality that,
based on the inspection of the recorded image, the
motor vehicle was being operated during the
commission of an enforceable violation.
(H) Instructions on how to appeal the citation
and to obtain a hearing.
(I) An affidavit form approved by the police
officer or trained technician employed by the
municipality for the purposes of making an appeal.
(iv) In the case of an enforceable violation
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involving a motor vehicle registered in this
Commonwealth, the notice shall be mailed within 30 days
of the enforceable violation to the address of the
registered owner of the motor vehicle.
(v) If a motor vehicle is registered under the laws
of another state or country, the notice shall be mailed
within 45 days after obtaining the name and address of
the registered owner of the motor vehicle. If the address
is unavailable, it shall be sufficient to mail the notice
to the official in the state or country that has charge
of the registration of the motor vehicle.
(vi) If the registered owner of a motor vehicle
involved in a violation is engaged in the business of
leasing or renting motor vehicles, the registered owner
remains liable for payment of any fine imposed under this
section even if the registered owner was not driving the
motor vehicle, but may obtain payment from the lessor or
renter of the motor vehicle drivin