Read the full stored bill text
PRINTER'S NO. 3592
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2628
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY KOZAK, KAIL, PUGH AND KUZMA, JUNE 10, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 12, 2026
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of
vehicles, providing for mobile work zone safety enforcement
systems in lane-restricted work zones; 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. Mobile work zone safety enforcement systems in lane-
restricted work zones.
(a) Short title.--This section shall be known and may be
cited as Josh's Law.
(b) Establishment of program.--A program is established
within the department to provide for the use of mobile work zone
safety enforcement systems in lane-restricted work zones to
enforce violations of section 3112(b) (relating to traffic-
control signals) in accordance with this section.
(c) Authorization.--
(1) The department may authorize the use of a mobile
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
work zone safety enforcement system on any State-designated
highway in a lane-restricted work zone.
(2) The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may authorize
the use of a mobile work zone safety enforcement system on
any portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in a lane-restricted
work zone.
(3) Subject to subsection (d), a municipality may
authorize the use of a mobile work zone safety enforcement
system on any highway under the jurisdiction of the
municipality in a lane-restricted work zone.
(d) Municipal requirements.--Prior to the use of a mobile
work zone safety enforcement system in a lane-restricted work
zone on a highway under the jurisdiction of a municipality, and
except as provided in subsection (e), the municipality must:
(1) Enact a local ordinance authorizing the general use
of mobile work zone safety enforcement systems in lane-
restricted work zones on highways 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 when the use of a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system in a lane-restricted work zone is
appropriate.
(4) Provide documentation to the department, as
determined by the department, demonstrating that:
(i) the mobile work zone safety enforcement system
used by the municipality complies with this section and
has been approved by the department under subsection (p);
(ii) the municipality shall comply with this
20260HB2628PN3592 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
section; and
(iii) the system administrator, if applicable, on
the municipality's behalf shall comply with this section.
(5) Provide documentation that the municipality has
entered into an agreement with a police department for the
review of violations in accordance with subsection (l).
(6) Receive approval from the department to operate a
mobile work zone safety enforcement system on a highway under
the jurisdiction of the municipality in a lane-restricted
work zone.
(e) Exception.--If the department or the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission authorizes the use of a mobile work zone
safety enforcement system in a lane-restricted work zone that
includes both a highway under the jurisdiction of the department
or the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and a local highway
under the jurisdiction of a municipality, the department or the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission may authorize the use of a
mobile work zone safety enforcement system in the lane-
restricted work zone regardless of whether the portion of the
highway under the jurisdiction of the municipality is located in
a municipality that has been approved to operate a mobile work
zone safety enforcement system under subsection (d).
(f) Construction.--Nothing contained in subsection (d) shall
be construed to require a municipality to identify individual
lane-restricted work zones on a specific highway that the
municipality intends to use a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system or require the municipality to receive prior
approval for each individual lane-restricted work zone in which
the municipality intends to use a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system.
20260HB2628PN3592 - 3 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
(g) Work zone requirements.--
(1) Not less than one warning sign shall be
conspicuously placed before the lane-restricted work zone
notifying the public that a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system is in use. The sign shall:
(i) be in conformance with Federal regulations and
be of a size and design determined by the department; and
(ii) clearly and accurately indicate if the mobile
work zone safety enforcement system is active and in use.
(2) The location as to where a driver of a vehicle shall
stop the vehicle when the work zone traffic signal indicates
a steady red signal shall be indicated by a conspicuously
placed sign in conformance with Federal regulations and
requirements established by the department.
(h) Violation.--
(1) A motor vehicle in violation of section 3112(b) that
proceeds past the stopping location designated under
subsection (g)(2) when a mobile work zone safety enforcement
system indicates a steady red light is in violation of this
section.
(2) A motor vehicle may not be considered in violation
of this section under paragraph (1) unless all of the
following criteria are met:
(i) The mobile work zone safety enforcement system
indicated a steady red light prior to any portion of the
vehicle proceeding past the stopping location designated
under subsection (g)(2).
(ii) The entirety of the motor vehicle proceeded
past the stopping location designated under subsection
(g)(2) after the work zone traffic signal enforcement
20260HB2628PN3592 - 4 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
system indicated a steady red light.
(iii) A steady yellow light was indicated by the
mobile work zone safety enforcement system prior to the
steady red light, and the steady yellow light was
indicated for the minimum time period as determined by
the department.
(i) Owner liability.--For each violation under subsection
(h), the owner of the motor vehicle shall be liable for the
penalty imposed under subsection (j) unless the owner is
convicted of the same violation under section 3112 or has a
defense under subsection (o). For the purposes of this section,
the lessee of a leased vehicle shall be considered the owner of
a motor vehicle.
(j) Penalty.--
(1) The penalty for a violation under this section shall
be a fine of $200.
(2) The fine under paragraph (1) shall not be subject to
42 Pa.C.S. § 3571 (relating to Commonwealth portion of fines,
etc.) or 3573 (relating to municipal corporation portion of
fines, etc.) or any other surcharges or fines not
specifically authorized by this section.
(3) The fine under paragraph (1) is not authorized
during any time that a roadway lane in a lane-restricted work
zone is not shared by opposing travel of vehicular traffic.
(4) A penalty imposed under this section may not:
(i) be deemed a criminal conviction;
(ii) be made part of the operating record of the
individual upon whom the penalty is imposed under section
1535 (relating to schedule of convictions and points);
(iii) be the subject of merit rating for insurance
20260HB2628PN3592 - 5 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
purposes; or
(iv) authorize imposition of surcharge points in the
provision of motor vehicle insurance coverage.
(k) Violation.--A notice of violation shall be sent to the
owner of a vehicle in violation of this section in accordance
with the following:
(1) An action to enforce this section shall be initiated
by an administrative notice of violation to the owner of a
motor vehicle identified by a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system as violating this section. A notice of
violation based upon inspection of recorded images produced
by an automated speed enforcement system and sworn or
affirmed by a police officer in accordance with subsection
(m) shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained in
the notice.
(2) The notice of violation must include written
verification that the mobile work zone safety enforcement
system was operating correctly at the time of the alleged
violation and the date of the most recent inspection that
confirms the mobile work zone safety enforcement system to be
operating properly.
(3) The mobile work zone safety enforcement system
operator shall complete training offered by the manufacturer
or vendor of the mobile work zone safety enforcement system,
including training on any devices critical to the operation
of the system, or the manufacturer's or vendor's
representative in the procedures for setting up, testing and
operating of a mobile work zone safety enforcement system.
Upon completion of the training, the manufacturer or vendor
or manufacturer's or vendor's representative shall issue a
20260HB2628PN3592 - 6 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
signed certificate to the mobile work zone safety enforcement
system operator, which shall be admitted as evidence in any
court proceeding for a violation involving a mobile work zone
safety enforcement system. A mobile work zone safety
enforcement system operator shall create an electronic
record, which shall:
(i) state the date, time and location of the system
setup;
(ii) state that the mobile work zone safety
enforcement system operator successfully performed the
mobile work zone safety enforcement system and passed the
self-tests specified by the manufacturer or vendor of the
mobile work zone safety enforcement system;
(iii) be kept on file; and
(iv) be admitted in any proceeding for a violation
involving a mobile work zone safety enforcement system.
(4) A mobile work zone safety enforcement system shall
undergo an annual calibration check. A signed certificate of
calibration shall be issued after the annual calibration
check, which shall be kept on file and shall be admitted as
evidence in any proceeding for a violation involving a mobile
work zone safety enforcement system.
(5) The following shall be attached to the notice of
violation:
(i) A copy of the recorded image showing the motor
vehicle with its license plate visible.
(ii) The registration number and state of issuance
of the motor vehicle registration.
(iii) Verification that the mobile work zone safety
enforcement system was operating correctly at the time of
20260HB2628PN3592 - 7 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
the alleged violation and the date of the most recent
inspection that confirms the mobile work zone safety
enforcement system to be operating properly.
(iv) The date, time and place of the alleged
violation.
(v) Notice that the violation charged is under this
section.
(vi) Instructions for return of the notice of
violation.
(6) In the case of a violation involving a motor vehicle
subject to the laws of this Commonwealth, the notice of
violation shall be mailed within 30 days after the commission
of the violation or within 30 days after the discovery of the
identity of the owner, whichever is later, to the address of
the owner as listed in the records of the department.
(7) In the case of a violation involving a motor vehicle
from a jurisdiction other than this Commonwealth, the notice
of violation shall be mailed within 30 days after the
discovery of the identity of the owner to the address of the
owner as listed in the records of the official in the
jurisdiction having charge of the registration of the
vehicle.
(8) A notice of violation shall be invalid unless
provided to the owner within 90 days of the offense.
(9) The notice shall include the following text:
This notice shall be returned personally, by mail or
by an agent duly authorized in writing, within 30
days of the mailing date of the notice. A hearing may
be obtained upon the written request of the owner.
(10) A notice of violation must be sent by first class
20260HB2628PN3592 - 8 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
mail. A manual or automatic record of mailing prepared by the
system administrator in the ordinary course of business shall
be prima facie evidence of mailing and shall be admissible in
a judicial or administrative proceeding as to the facts
contained in the notice.
(l) Agreements.--The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission or a municipality may enter into an agreement with a
system administrator to initiate actions to enforce this section
through a mobile work zone safety enforcement system, to which
the following shall apply:
(1) An agreement entered into under this subsection by a
municipality shall be approved by a vote of the governing
body of the municipality. The meeting to consider approval of
a mobile work zone safety enforcement system shall be
properly noticed under 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open
meetings).
(2) A municipality may only enforce this section if the
municipality has a written intergovernmental agreement with a
primary police department.
(3) The department or the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission may only enforce this section if the department or
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has a written
intergovernmental agreement with the Pennsylvania State
Police.
(4) Compensation under an agreement shall not require a
minimum or maximum number of violations to be issued that
would impact the compensation to the system administrator.
(5) The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, a municipality or the system administrator on
their behalf, shall provide notice through a publicly
20260HB2628PN3592 - 9 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
accessible Internet website that provides guidance and
information related to the system, including, but not limited
to, the appeals process and contact information. The website
shall remain publicly accessible throughout the period of use
of the mobile work zone safety enforcement system.
(6) The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
or a municipality or a system administrator on behalf of the
department, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or municipality
shall establish an electronic system where program
information and all violations, in conformance with this
section, can be accessed and viewed by:
(i) The primary police department.
(ii) The department's hearing officer for conducting
appeals.
(7) The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
or a municipality or a system administrator on behalf of the
department, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or municipality
may utilize an alternative system to share program
information and all violations if the electronic system is
unavailable for any legitimate purpose.
(8) The department may randomly conduct audits of a
municipality or a system administrator to ensure compliance
with this section as determined by the department. If the
department conducts an audit, the department shall prepare a
summary of the audit, which shall be posted on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
(m) Police review.--
(1) A certificate of violation, including a facsimile of
a certificate of violation, based upon inspection of recorded
images produced by a mobile work zone safety enforcement
20260HB2628PN3592 - 10 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
system and sworn to or affirmed by a primary police
department shall be prima facie evidence of the facts
contained in it. The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission or a municipality or a system administrator on
behalf of the department, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or
municipality must include written documentation that the
mobile work zone safety enforcement system was operating
correctly at the time of the alleged violation. A recorded
image evidencing a violation of this section shall be
admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding to
adjudicate the liability for the violation of this section.
(2) The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
or a municipality or the system administrator on behalf of
the department, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or
municipality shall submit the following information regarding
a violation of this section to the primary police department
using an electronic system:
(i) A copy of the recorded image or images showing
the motor vehicle allegedly violating this section.
(ii) The license plate number and state of issuance
of the motor vehicle.
(iii) The date, time and place of the alleged
violation.
(3) Upon receipt of violation information under
paragraph (2), a primary police department shall:
(i) Review submitted evidence to determine if a
violation under this section occurred and electronically
certify the notice of violation.
(ii) Notify the entity that submitted the violation
of the electronic certification of the notice of
20260HB2628PN3592 - 11 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
violation related to the primary police department's
capacity to view and authorize the notice.
(iii) Restrict the review of submitted evidence
under subparagraph (i) to an individual who is a police
officer.
(n) Limitations.--
(1) Recorded images collected as part of a mobile work
zone safety enforcement system may record only violations of
this section and may not be used for any other surveillance
purposes. This paragraph shall not preclude a court of
competent jurisdiction from issuing an order directing that
the information be provided to law enforcement officials if
the information is requested solely in connection with a
criminal law enforcement action and is reasonably described.
(2) Information gathered and maintained under this
section that is kept by the Commonwealth or a municipality,
its authorized agents or its employees, including recorded
images, written records, motor vehicle information, reports
or facsimiles, names and addresses shall be for the exclusive
purpose of discharging duties required under this section.
The information shall not be deemed a public record under the
act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-
to-Know Law. The information shall not be discoverable by
court order or otherwise or be admissible as evidence in a
proceeding except to determine liability under this section.
This paragraph shall not preclude a court of competent
jurisdiction from issuing an order directing that the
information be provided to law enforcement officials if the
information is requested solely in connection with a criminal
law enforcement action and is reasonably described.
20260HB2628PN3592 - 12 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
(3) Recorded images obtained through the use of mobile
work zone safety enforcement systems deployed as a means of
promoting traffic safety in lane-restricted work zones shall
be destroyed within one year of final disposition of a notice
of violation, except that images subject to a court order
under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be destroyed within two
years after the date of the order, unless further extended by
court order. The department, the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, a municipality or the system administrator shall
retain evidence that the records have been destroyed in
accordance with this section.
(4) Motor vehicle owner information obtained as a result
of the operation of a mobile work zone safety enforcement
system under this section shall be the exclusive property of
the Commonwealth or a municipality and not the property of
the system administrator, manufacturer or vendor of the
mobile work zone safety enforcement system and may not be
used for a purpose other than prescribed in this section.
(5) An intentional violation of this subsection shall
constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree punishable by a
$500 fine. Each violation shall constitute a separate and
distinct offense.
(o) Defenses.--It shall be a defense under this section that
the:
(1) Motor vehicle was reported to a police department as
stolen prior to the time the violation occurred and was not
recovered prior to that time.
(2) Person receiving the notice of violation was not the
owner of the motor vehicle at the time of the offense.
(3) Mobile work zone safety enforcement system being
20260HB2628PN3592 - 13 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
used to determine the violation was not in compliance with
this section and any regulations established by the
department with respect to testing for accuracy,
certification or calibration.
(4) Person named in the notice of the violation was not
driving the motor vehicle at the time of the violation. The
department or the system administrator may require the owner
to submit evidence that the owner was not the driver at the
time of the alleged violation. The owner of the motor vehicle
may not be required to disclose the identity of the driver of
the motor vehicle at the time of the violation.
(p) Authority and duties.--The department and Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission shall establish a mobile work zone safety
enforcement system program, to which the following shall apply:
(1) The department, in consultation with the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, shall promulgate
regulations for the certification and use of a mobile work
zone safety enforcement system in accordance with this
section.
(2) A municipality that authorizes the use of a mobile
work zone safety enforcement system in lane-restricted work
zones under the municipality's jurisdiction shall comply with
regulations established by the department under this section.
(3) In order to facilitate the prompt implementation of
this subsection, regulations promulgated by the department
under this section during the three years following the
effective date of this paragraph shall be deemed temporary
regulations, which shall expire upon the prompt promulgation
of final regulations or three years following the effective
date of this paragraph, whichever shall occur sooner. The
20260HB2628PN3592 - 14 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
temporary regulations shall not be subject to:
(i) Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the act
of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the
Commonwealth Documents Law.
(ii) Section 204(b) of the act of October 15, 1980
(P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth Attorneys
Act.
(iii) The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181),
known as the Regulatory Review Act.
(4) The department, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and
applicable municipality shall serve directly or through a
contracted private service with a manufacturer or vendor as
the system administrator of the program. Compensation under a
contract authorized by this paragraph shall be based only
upon the value of equipment and services provided or rendered
in support of the mobile work zone safety enforcement system
program and may not be based on the quantity of notices of
violation issued or amount of fines imposed or generated.
(5) The system administrator shall prepare and issue
notices of violation.
(6) No mobile work zone safety enforcement system may be
used without the system being approved by the department,
which shall have the authority to promulgate regulations for
the certification and use of a system.
(q) Payment of fine.--An owner of a motor vehicle may admit
responsibility for the violation and pay the fine provided in
the notice personally, through an authorized agent,
electronically or by mailing both payment and the notice of
violation to the system administrator. The following shall
apply:
20260HB2628PN3592 - 15 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
(1) Payment by mail may be made only by money order,
credit card or check made payable to the Commonwealth, the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the municipality or the
system administrator, as applicable.
(2) Payment of the fine shall operate as a final
disposition of the case.
(3) If payment is not received within 90 days of the
mailing of the notice of violation, the department,
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or the municipality may
request an applicable credit collection agency to resolve the
payment amount owed.
(r) Contest.--An owner of a motor vehicle may, within 30
days of the mailing date of the notice, request a hearing to
contest liability by appearing before the system administrator
either personally or by an authorized agent or by sending a
request on the prescribed form, to which the following shall
apply:
(1) A hearing to contest liability may be in person or
be conducted through live-stream synchronous video
conferencing or similar virtual presence technology.
(2) The system administrator shall provide an
appropriate form by which owners of the motor vehicles may
challenge a notice of violation.
(3) Upon receipt of a hearing request, the system
administrator shall in a timely manner schedule the matter
before a hearing officer designated by the department.
Written notice of the date, time and place of hearing must be
presented or sent by first class mail to the owner of the
motor vehicle. The department shall conduct hearings for
contests of violations under this section regardless of
20260HB2628PN3592 - 16 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
whether the violation was issued under a mobile work zone
safety enforcement system administered by the department, the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or a municipality.
(4) The hearing shall be informal and the rules of
evidence shall not apply. The decision of the department's
hearing officer shall be made within 45 days from the hearing
date and shall be final, subject to the right of the owner of
the motor vehicle to appeal the decision under paragraph (5).
(5) If, within 45 days of issuance of the decision of
the department's hearing officer, the owner of the motor
vehicle requests in writing an appeal of the decision of the
hearing officer, the owner of the motor vehicle shall file
the notice of violation and supporting documents with the
office of the magisterial district judge for the magisterial
district where the violation occurred, and a magisterial
district judge shall hear and decide the matter de novo and
shall be restricted to finding an owner liable or not liable
for violating this section.
(6) The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission or municipality
or the system administrator on the Pennsylvania Turnpike's or
municipality's behalf shall reimburse the department for the
actual cost of the hearing officer designated under paragraph
(3).
(s) Revenue.--
(1) Of each fine collected under this section, $50 shall
be provided to the primary police department that reviewed
the submitted evidence for the violation.
(2) After the disbursement of fine revenue under
paragraph (1), fine revenue collected by a municipality, or
by the system administrator on the municipality's behalf,
20260HB2628PN3592 - 17 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
shall be used to pay for the administration of the program
and the system administrator's invoice costs. Any remaining
revenue shall be used by the municipality for the
maintenance, construction or reconstruction of highways or
bridges owned by the municipality.
(3) After the disbursement of fine revenue under
paragraph (1), fine revenue collected by the department or
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, or by the system
administrator on their behalf, shall be deposited into the
appropriate restricted account under paragraph (4).
(4) Two restricted accounts are established in the State
Treasury for fines remitted under this section to the
department and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission,
respectively. The system administrator of the department or
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, if any, shall send an
invoice to the department or Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, respectively, for the services provided. Money in
the accounts are appropriated on a continuing basis to the
department and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission,
respectively. The department or Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission shall use the appropriate restricted account to
pay for the administration of the program and the system
administrator's invoice costs, if applicable. Remaining fines
shall be allocated by the department or Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission to develop a Work Zone and Highway Safety Program.
(t) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Lane-restricted work zone." A work zone, as classified
under the most recent Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
20260HB2628PN3592 - 18 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Devices adopted by the department, regardless of whether workers
are present, established for construction, maintenance or
utility work on or adjacent to a street, highway or other
roadway, in which one or more lanes of traffic are restricted,
controlled or redirected.
"Mobile work zone safety enforcement system" or "system." A
camera system temporarily installed in a lane-restricted work
zone to direct motor vehicle traffic in one or more lanes on a
highway and is equipped with a traffic signal, a gate and at
least one camera and one computer, tablet or similar device that
produces recorded video and two or more photographic still
images of a motor vehicle being used or operated in a manner
that violates this section.
"Municipality." A city, borough or township of this
Commonwealth.
"Primary police department." As follows:
(1) For a municipality, either of the following:
(i) The police department of the municipality that
has the authority to issue citations for violations of
this title.
(ii) The Pennsylvania State Police if the
municipality does not have a police department with
authority to issue citations for violations of this
title, at the sole discretion of the Pennsylvania State
Police.
(2) For the department or the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, the Pennsylvania State Police.
"System administrator." A person that creates, owns or has a
license or permission to sell, lease, distribute or administer a
mobile work zone safety enforcement system, consistent with the
20260HB2628PN3592 - 19 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
requirements of this section, is under agreement with a
municipality, the department or the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission to perform, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Provide for the installation, operation and
maintenance of a mobile work zone safety enforcement system
in a lane-restricted work zone.
(2) Administer the enforcement of a violation of this
section through a mobile work zone safety enforcement system
on the department's, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's or a
municipality's behalf as permitted by this section, including
maintaining and transmitting records, mailing violation
notices, processing violations, collecting fines and
administering contests of violations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
20260HB2628PN3592 - 20 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14