1. (a) General. Failure to comply with the procedures contained in this chapter and the posted parking instructions or restrictions at Commonwealth-owned or Commonwealth-leased parking areas constitutes unauthorized parking and operators of vehicles involved in the violation will be cited accordingly.

2. (b) Parking violations. Additionally, vehicle operators will be cited for violation when the vehicle they are operating, whether attended or unattended, is parked in any of the following:

   1. (1) No parking zone.
   2. (2) Bus zone.
   3. (3) Unloading zone or entrance ramp.
   4. (4) Reserved parking space or stall.
3. (c) Fines and payment. A person who receives from a Capitol Police Officer a parking ticket for violation of the parking rules and regulations contained in this chapter will be required to pay a fine of $30 (increased to $50 if not paid within 4 business days from date of violation). Instructions for payment of the fine are provided on the parking ticket. If the violator fails to pay the fine within the cited period, the record of violation will be forwarded to the Magisterial District Judge.
4. (d) Penalty. A person violating this chapter shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs of prosecution and in default of payment, may be subject to imprisonment for not more than 5 days.

5. (e) Enforcement provisions. Enforcement of the provisions of this chapter shall conform with the following:

   1. (1) Informations charging violations of any of the summary provisions of this chapter, in such detail as the department may prescribe as being necessary for its records, shall be brought before the designated Magisterial District Judge within the city, borough, incorporated town or township in the county where the alleged violation occurred within 90 days after the commission of the alleged offense and not thereafter, except that when an information is filed against a person prima facie guilty of a summary offense, and it subsequently appears that a person other than the person named in the information was the offender or violator, an information may be filed against that other person within 30 days after that person’s identity has been discovered, and not thereafter.
   2. (2) A salaried member of the Capitol Police, when in uniform or exhibiting a badge or other sign of authority, whenever a violation of the rules and regulations described in this chapter is committed in their presence, is vested with the authority to present the alleged offender a printed notice citing the offense or violation, the reverse side of which contains the amounts of the fines and instructions for payment.
   3. (3) The Commonwealth Parking Officer, upon accepting payment of the fine from an individual for a cited offense or violation, shall issue a receipt to the person acknowledging payment and shall record the payment upon the docket.

Authority

The provisions of this § 71.44 amended under sections 506, 2401.1, 2402(a) and 2416(e) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. § § 186, 631.1, 632(a) and 646(e)).

Source

The provisions of this § 71.44 amended through August 9, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 1668; amended January 10, 2025, effective January 11, 2025, 55 Pa.B. 257. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (240675) to (240676).