PRINTER'S NO. 388
No. 344 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY REBER, NAILOR, JAMES, RUBLEY, HENNESSEY, PRESTON,
EGOLF, OLASZ, TRELLO, E. Z. TAYLOR, L. I. COHEN AND ROBERTS,
FEBRUARY 10, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 10, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for penalties for driving while
3 operating privilege is suspended or revoked and for
4 subsequent convictions of certain offenses.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 1543(a) and 6503 of Title 75 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 1543. Driving while operating privilege is suspended or
10 revoked.
11 (a) Offense defined.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
12 any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway or
13 trafficway of this Commonwealth after the commencement of a
14 suspension, revocation or cancellation of the operating
15 privilege and before the operating privilege has been restored
16 [is guilty of] commits a summary offense and shall, upon
17 conviction, be sentenced:
18 (1) for a first offense, to pay a fine of $200[.];
1 (2) for a second offense, to pay a fine of $500 or to
2 imprisonment for not more than three months, or both; or
3 (3) for a third or subsequent offense, to pay a fine of
4 $1,500 or to imprisonment for not more than six months, or
5 both.
6 * * *
7 § 6503. Subsequent convictions of certain offenses.
8 Every person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of
9 any of the following provisions shall be sentenced to pay a fine
10 of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or to imprisonment
11 for not more than six months, or both:
12 Section 1501(a) (relating to drivers required to be
13 licensed).
14 [Section 1543 (relating to driving while operating
15 privilege is suspended or revoked).]
16 Section 3367 (relating to racing on highways).
17 [Section 3733 (relating to fleeing or attempting to elude
18 police officer).]
19 Section 3734 (relating to driving without lights to avoid
20 identification or arrest).
21 Section 3748 (relating to false reports).
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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