PRINTER'S NO. 668
No. 590 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY GREENWOOD, WOGAN, SEMMEL, NOYE, PRATT, McVERRY,
BOWSER, E. Z. TAYLOR AND DEAL, MARCH 20, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 20, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the identification of a
3 driver of a vehicle and for the payment of certain fines.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1553. Duty to reveal identification of driver and pay parking
9 fines.
10 (a) Agreement to reveal identity of driver.--A person to
11 whom a vehicle is titled or registered in this Commonwealth is
12 deemed to have agreed:
13 (1) To reveal the identity of the driver of the vehicle,
14 if known, to any police officer who has reasonable grounds to
15 believe the vehicle was involved in an accident or violation
16 of law.
17 (2) To accept responsibility for any parking violation
18 in which the vehicle is involved and make payment of any fine
1 levied for the violation. This paragraph does not apply to
2 persons engaged in the business of leasing or renting
3 vehicles to persons responsible for parking violations.
4 (b) Suspension for refusal.--
5 (1) If any person to whom a vehicle is titled or
6 registered in this Commonwealth refuses to reveal the
7 identity of the driver of the vehicle as provided in
8 subsection (a)(1), the department shall:
9 (i) suspend the registration of the vehicle or the
10 operating privilege of the person for a period of six
11 months; or
12 (ii) suspend the registration of the vehicle or the
13 operating privilege of the person for a period of one
14 year for a second or subsequent refusal within a period
15 of three years.
16 (2) It is the duty of the police officer to inform the
17 person that the person's operating privilege or vehicle
18 registration will be suspended upon refusal to reveal the
19 identity of the driver of the vehicle.
20 (3) A person whose operating privilege or vehicle
21 registration is suspended under this section shall have the
22 same right to appeal as provided for in cases of suspension
23 for other reasons.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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