HB 1838 — An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers of department and local authorities, further providing for authority to erect traffic-control devices.

PRINTER'S NO.   2274

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1838
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY WARNER, HAMM, K.HARRIS, McNEILL, PROBST, ROAE,
        STENDER AND ZIMMERMAN, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 2      Statutes, in powers of department and local authorities,
 3      further providing for authority to erect traffic-control
 4      devices.
 5      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 6   hereby enacts as follows:
 7      Section 1.    Section 6122 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 8   Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 9   § 6122.    Authority to erect traffic-control devices.
10      * * *
11      (e)    Payment of costs to install and maintain traffic-control
12   signals.--The department shall pay for the costs associated with
13   the installation and maintenance of traffic-control signals on
14   State-designated highways. If a State-designated highway
15   intersects with a highway under the jurisdiction of a local
16   authority, the department shall pay for the cost of installing
17   and maintaining a traffic-control signal at the intersection in
18   proportion to the number of State-designated highways at the
19   intersection and the local authority shall pay for the balance
1   of the cost.
2      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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