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Relevant excerpt from House Bill No. 727, 2005 Session, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIASource: Legislator wants to keep cars off the nitro bottle (The Intelligencer (PA), 7/7/2005)
"NITROUS OXIDE SYSTEM." A DEVICE INSTALLED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE THAT ALLOWS NITROUS OXIDE TO COMBINE WITH GASOLINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING ENGINE POWER.
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SECTION 2. TITLE 75 IS AMENDED BY ADDING SECTIONS TO READ:
ยง 3720. NITROUS OXIDE SYSTEM.
(A) GENERAL RULE.--EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (B), THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY:
(1) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO OPERATES A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A NITROUS OXIDE SYSTEM ON A HIGHWAY OR TRAFFICWAY COMMITS A SUMMARY OFFENSE AND SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF $25.
(2) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO OPERATES, IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT BY MORE THAN FIVE MILES PER HOUR BUT LESS THAN 31 MILES PER HOUR, A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A NITROUS OXIDE SYSTEM ON A HIGHWAY OR TRAFFICWAY COMMITS A SUMMARY OFFENSE AND SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF $250.
(3) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO OPERATES, IN EXCESS OF THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT BY AT LEAST 31 MILES PER HOUR, A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A NITROUS OXIDE SYSTEM ON A HIGHWAY OR TRAFFICWAY COMMITS A SUMMARY OFFENSE AND SHALL, UPON CONVICTION, BE SENTENCED TO PAY A FINE OF $500.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.--A PERSON MAY OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A NITROUS OXIDE SYSTEM ON A HIGHWAY OR TRAFFICWAY IF:
(1) ALL CANISTERS OF NITROUS OXIDE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE.
(2) THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS EN ROUTE TO OR FROM A TRACK WHERE THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS USED FOR RACING AND THE NITROUS
OXIDE SYSTEM IS MADE INOPERATIVE BY DISCONNECTING THE LINE FEEDING NITROUS OXIDE TO THE ENGINE.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.