PRINTER'S NO. 1336

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1155 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY BOOK, HUTCHINSON, E. Z. TAYLOR, FLICK, POTT,
           TRELLO, TIGUE, VROON, PISTELLA, FARGO, HERSHEY, DeWEESE,
           B. SMITH, MICHLOVIC, ITKIN, CAWLEY, MAIALE, HERMAN, NOYE,
           COLAFELLA, PETERSON, CIVERA, JOHNSON, DAVIES, ROBBINS, GANNON
           AND CESSAR, JUNE 7, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 7, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, providing for issuance of detachable anatomical
     3     donor symbols on drivers' licenses.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1510(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 1510.  Issuance and content of driver's license.
     9     (a)  General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
    10  required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
    11  license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
    12  licensee is authorized to drive, which license shall contain the
    13  social security number of the licensee, the actual name, date of
    14  birth, residence address, a color photograph of the licensee, a
    15  detachable symbol signifying the organ or organs to be donated
    16  as determined by the Department of Health and which designates a
    17  person to be an anatomical donor when applicable, such other

     1  information as may be required by the department, and either a
     2  facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon which
     3  the licensee shall write his usual signature with pen and ink.
     4  Personal medical data and other information for use in an
     5  emergency may be included as a part of the license. Information
     6  other than that required to identify the licensee, the
     7  distinguishing number and the class of license issued may be
     8  included in microdata form. No driver's license shall be valid
     9  until it has been signed by the licensee.
    10     * * *
    11     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.













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