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Powers of Department and Local Authorities

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Applicability and uniformity of title

Powers and duties of department and local authorities

Promulgation of rules and regulations by department

Exemption from additional requirements for highway occupancy permits for agricultural purposes

Administrative duties of department

Department to prescribe traffic and engineering investigations

Designation of highway safety corridors

Designation of litter enforcement corridors

Designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police

Designation of authorized vehicles by department

Power of Governor during emergency

Specific powers of department and local authorities

Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike

Fare evasion

Regulation of traffic on bridges under authority of interstate commissions

Removal of traffic hazards by property owner

Control of public travel on private property by owner

Limitation on sale, publication and disclosure of records

Emergency telephones along Pennsylvania Turnpike

Payment by credit or debit card

Authority of qualified employees of department and Department of Revenue

Municipal police officer education and training

Removal of dead deer

Uniform system of traffic-control devices

Authority to erect traffic-control devices

Erection of traffic-control devices while working

Mandatory traffic-control devices in highway work zones

Erection of traffic-control devices at intersections

Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings

Interference with devices, signs or signals

Dealing in nonconforming traffic-control devices

Dealing in official traffic-control devices or bridge parts

Maintenance of pedestrian crosswalks in school zones

Declaration of policy

Reciprocity agreements, arrangements and declarations authorized

Benefits, privileges and exemptions from taxes and fees

Vehicle registration and licensing

Proportional registration of fleet vehicles

Enforcement agreements

Multijurisdictional permit agreement

Declaration of reciprocity in absence of agreement

Applicability to leased vehicles

Automatic reciprocity

Proportional registration not exclusive

Suspension of reciprocity benefits

Form, publication and distribution of documents

Existing reciprocity agreements unaffected

Nonreciprocity of operational limitations

Chapter Notes