PRINTER'S NO. 1320
No. 1118 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY BUNT, GEIST, EACHUS, HENNESSEY, BEBKO-JONES,
BELFANTI, BOYD, CAWLEY, CLYMER, CRAHALLA, DALEY, FEESE,
GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HERSHEY, KELLER, KOTIK, LAUGHLIN,
LEACH, LEH, McCALL, McNAUGHTON, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, SHANER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, T. STEVENSON, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
WASHINGTON AND WATSON, APRIL 9, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 9, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for drivers' licenses and learners'
3 permits.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 1503(a)(7) and (c)(3) and 1951(b) of
7 Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
8 to read:
9 § 1503. Persons ineligible for licensing; license issuance to
10 minors; junior driver's license.
11 (a) Persons ineligible for licensing.--The department shall
12 not issue a driver's license to, or renew the driver's license
13 of, any person:
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15 (7) Who is under [18] 21 years of age except in
16 accordance with subsections (b) and (c).
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2 (c) Junior driver's license.--The department may issue a
3 junior driver's license to a person 16 or 17 years of age under
4 rules and regulations adopted by the department and subject to
5 the provisions of this section. A junior driver's license shall
6 automatically become a regular driver's license when the junior
7 driver attains [18] 21 years of age.
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9 (3) In addition to the other provisions of this title
10 relating to the suspension or revocation of operating
11 privileges, in the event that a licensed junior driver is
12 involved in an accident reportable under section 3746(a) for
13 which the junior driver is partially or fully responsible in
14 the opinion of the department or is convicted of any
15 violation of this title, the department may suspend the
16 operating privileges of the junior driver until the junior
17 driver attains [18] 21 years of age or for a period of time
18 not exceeding 90 days.
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20 § 1951. Driver's license and learner's permit.
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22 (b) Learner's permit.--The fee for a learner's permit shall
23 be [$5.] $50. Fees collected under this subsection shall be
24 allocated annually to the Department of Education in support of
25 standardized driver education programs as established in section
26 2504.1 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as
27 the Public School Code of 1949.
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29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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