State record · PA · 2026-09-01 · DOT instrument
Pennsylvania
Live on this state’s named ALPR highway-occupancy instrument. No ALPR use-or-retention statute was retrieved as primary.
- Highway system Primary
- State highways: roads and highways taken over by the Commonwealth as State highways under any act of Assembly (State Highway Law, 36 P.S. § 670-102). Unless clearly intended, the term does not include a street in a city, borough, or incorporated town even if taken over as a State highway.
- Owner Primary
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as to State highway right-of-way. Highway Occupancy Permits are issued for access to that ROW (67 Pa. Code Ch. 441 and 459).
- Right-of-way Primary
- 67 Pa. Code § 441.1. Right-of-way — The area which has been acquired by the Department for highway purposes. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
- Public records Primary
- Right-to-Know Law (Act of Feb. 14, 2008, P.L. 6, No. 3; 65 P.S. §§ 67.101–67.3104; access § 67.701). Who may request: A requester is a person that is a legal resident of the United States (and includes an agency) (§ 102). Unless otherwise provided by law, a public record, legislative record, or financial record shall be accessible for inspection and duplication (§ 701).
- Open meetings Primary
- Sunshine Act (65 Pa.C.S. §§ 701–716)
- ALPR statute None found
- No enacted Pennsylvania statute governing ALPR collection, retention, or sharing was retrieved. 2025 bills (including SB933, referred to Transportation 14 July 2025, and HB1125) are leads, not packed law. PennDOT Strike-Off Letter 494-22-09 is ROW placement policy, not a data-practices statute.
- ROW permit Primary
- Highway Occupancy Permit, as limited by Strike-Off Letter 494-22-09 (Automated License Plate Readers, 2 Nov 2022). Who may apply: HOP applicants generally: property owners, developers, utility companies, municipalities, municipal authorities, and other interested parties (PennDOT HOP page). SOL 494-22-09 does not create an ALPR-named HOP; it states when ALPRs may occupy existing structures in PennDOT ROW.. SOL 494-22-09 (PennDOT Bureau of Operations, from PennDOT’s own HOP page): ALPRs may be attached to existing non-PennDOT structures in the ROW if the ALPR owner has the structure owner’s approval; PennDOT approval is not required if that existing structure is already permitted. ALPRs are not permitted on any PennDOT structures. Installation of new structures for ALPRs is not permitted. Attachment to traffic-signal structures still follows Pub. 191 § 7.3. PennDOT will not fund ALPRs. This is not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission facilities are not this PennDOT HOP. Do not merge them.
Do not pack SB933/HB1125 as if enacted.
SOL 494-22-09 (PennDOT Bureau of Operations, from PennDOT’s own HOP page): ALPRs may be attached to existing non-PennDOT structures in the ROW if the ALPR owner has the structure owner’s approval; PennDOT approval is not required if that existing structure is already permitted. ALPRs are not permitted on any PennDOT structures. Installation of new structures for ALPRs is not permitted. Attachment to traffic-signal structures still follows Pub. 191 § 7.3. PennDOT will not fund ALPRs. This is not Florida GUP, not Minnesota OLPA, not Utah Special Use.
https://www.pa.gov/services/penndot/apply-for-a-penndot-highway-occupancy-permit
Install process in this state
- Name the land owner. This pack is PennDOT State highway ROW under the State Highway Law and 67 Pa. Code Ch. 441/459. The Turnpike is another owner.
- This is not Florida’s General Use Permit, not Minnesota’s OLPA, and not Utah’s ALPRS Special Use.
- SOL 494-22-09: no new poles in PennDOT ROW for ALPR; no attachment to PennDOT structures. Attachment to an existing non-PennDOT structure in the ROW is allowed with that structure owner’s approval if the structure is already permitted — PennDOT says its own extra approval is then not required.
- Traffic-signal structures still follow Publication 191 § 7.3. A Highway Occupancy Permit (EPS) remains the occupancy instrument for work that needs one under Ch. 441/459.
- 2025 ALPR permitting bills are not packed law. No statewide ALPR retention statute was retrieved.
- Records: Right-to-Know Law to the clerk (votes), purchasing (contract), police (policy/logs), and PennDOT district HOP (permit file / SOL correspondence).
Primary
Where to ask
Municipal or county clerk
Minutes, resolutions, vote records
Purchasing / finance
Vendor contract, amendments, invoices
Police records
ALPR use policy, logs, and data (RTKL with statutory exceptions)
PennDOT district Highway Occupancy Permit / HOP Managers
HOP file; SOL 494-22-09 implementation
PennDOT Strike-Off Letter 494-22-09 forbids attaching ALPRs to PennDOT structures and forbids installing new structures in PennDOT ROW for ALPRs.
SOL 494-22-09 allows ALPRs on existing non-PennDOT structures in the ROW with the structure owner’s approval when that structure is already permitted, and says PennDOT approval is then not required.
Pennsylvania has no enacted statewide ALPR statute packed in this build.
2025 SB933/HB1125 are bills.
Sources in this pack
Apply for a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit primary
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.pa.gov/services/penndot/apply-for-a-penndot-highway-occupancy-permitStrike-Off Letter 494-22-09 — Automated License Plate Readers (2 Nov 2022) primary
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Operations · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/penndot/documents/programs-and-doing-business/permits/highwayoccupancypermits/4942209_license_plate_readers.pdf67 Pa. Code Chapter 441 — Access to and Occupancy of Highways by Driveways and Local Roads primary
Pennsylvania Code & Bulletin · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/067/chapter441/chap441toc.html§ 441.1 right-of-way definition; authority 36 P.S. § 670-420.
State Highway Law § 102 — Definitions (36 P.S. § 670-102) primary
Pennsylvania General Assembly · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1945/0/0428..PDFRight-to-Know Law (Act of Feb. 14, 2008, P.L. 6, No. 3) primary
Pennsylvania General Assembly · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/2008/0/0003..HTMPennsylvania Sunshine Act (65 Pa.C.S. §§ 701–716) primary
Pennsylvania Office of Open Records · accessed 2026-09-01
https://www.openrecords.pa.gov/SunshineAct.cfm
What was checked
2026-09-01
https://www.pa.gov/services/penndot/apply-for-a-penndot-highway-occupancy-permit
Primary: HOP via EPS. Page lists Strike-Off Letter 494-22-09 License Plate Readers.
2026-09-01
https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/penndot/documents/programs-and-doing-business/permits/highwayoccupancypermits/4942209_license_plate_readers.pdf
Primary PDF retrieved: SOL 494-22-09 (2 Nov 2022). No PennDOT structures; no new ALPR structures; existing non-PennDOT structures with owner approval.
2026-09-01
https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb933
SB933 not enacted (referred to Transportation 14 July 2025). Not packed as law.
2026-09-01
https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov Chapter 441; https://www.legis.state.pa.us 2008 Act 3 RTKL; OOR Sunshine Act page
Primary: ROW definition § 441.1; RTKL; Sunshine Act cite.