PRINTER'S NO. 897
No. 834 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, MARCH 22, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 22, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for habitual offender's license.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1542 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 1542. Revocation of habitual offender's license.
8 (a) General rule.--The department shall revoke the operating
9 privilege of any person found to be a habitual offender pursuant
10 to the provisions of this section. A "habitual offender" shall
11 be any person whose driving record, as maintained in the
12 department, shows that such person has accumulated the requisite
13 number of convictions for the separate and distinct offenses
14 described and enumerated in subsection (b) committed after the
15 effective date of this title and within any period of five years
16 thereafter.
17 (b) Offenses enumerated.--Three convictions arising from
1 separate acts of any one or more of the following offenses
2 committed [either singularly or in combination] by any person
3 shall result in such person being designated as a habitual
4 offender:
5 (1) Any offense set forth in section 1532 (relating to
6 revocation or suspension of operating privilege).
7 (2) Operation following suspension of registration as
8 defined in section 1371 (relating to operation following
9 suspension of registration).
10 (3) Making use of or operating any vehicle without the
11 knowledge or consent of the owner or custodian thereof.
12 (4) Utilizing a vehicle in the unlawful transportation
13 or unlawful sale of alcohol or any controlled substance.
14 (5) Any felony in the commission of which a court
15 determines that a vehicle was essentially involved.
16 (c) Accelerative Rehabilitative Disposition as an offense.--
17 Acceptance of Accelerative Rehabilitative Disposition for any
18 offense enumerated in subsection (b) shall be considered an
19 offense for the purposes of this section.
20 (d) Period of revocation.--The operating privilege of any
21 person found to be a habitual offender under the provisions of
22 this section shall be revoked by the department for a period of
23 five years.
24 (e) Additional offenses.--Any additional offense committed
25 within a period of five years shall result in a revocation for
26 an additional period of two years.
27 (f) Multiple violations.--All violations based on the same
28 conduct or arising from the same driving episode shall for
29 purposes of this section be considered a single conviction.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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