PRINTER'S NO. 2116

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1657 Session of 1985


        INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, JAROLIN, VROON, CHADWICK, B. SMITH,
           GREENWOOD, HERSHEY, CIVERA, AFFLERBACH, NAHILL, OLASZ,
           E. Z. TAYLOR, MERRY AND PRESTON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1985

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 30, 1985

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for the photographs which appear
     3     on drivers' licenses.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1510 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
     8  § 1510.  Issuance and content of driver's license.
     9     * * *
    10     (a.1)  Photographs.--A driver's license issued after January
    11  1, 1986, to any person under 21 years of age shall bear a
    12  photograph of the licensee in profile. A driver's license issued
    13  to any person 21 years of age or older shall bear a fullface
    14  photograph of the licensee. If a person is issued a license
    15  while under 21 years of age and that person reaches 21 years of
    16  age before the license expires, the department shall issue to
    17  him a license bearing a fullface photograph, upon application
    18  for the license and payment of the replacement license fee

     1  specified in section 1951(d) (relating to driver's license and
     2  learner's permit). The department may demand proof of age prior
     3  to the issuance of a license.
     4     * * *
     5     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

















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