PRINTER'S NO. 925
No. 825 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, MARKOSEK, VAN HORNE, PLATTS, READSHAW,
DALEY, FAIRCHILD, TULLI, BELARDI, BOSCOLA, CAWLEY, CARONE,
ARMSTRONG, TRAVAGLIO, HERSHEY, CIVERA, STABACK, STERN, ITKIN,
LAUGHLIN AND MICHLOVIC, MARCH 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, requiring notice of revocation or suspension of
3 registration plates, cards and operating privilege to be sent
4 by certified mail.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 1376(b) and 1540(b) of Title 75 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 1376. Surrender of registration plates and cards upon
10 suspension or revocation.
11 * * *
12 (b) Delegation of authority.--If after 30 days from the mail
13 date of a notice of suspension or revocation by certified mail,
14 the registration plates and cards are not surrendered under
15 subsection (a), the department may delegate authority to the
16 following persons to seize a registration plate and registration
17 card which are required to be surrendered under subsection (a):
18 (1) A designated department employee.
1 (2) Members of the Pennsylvania State Police.
2 (3) Local police officers.
3 (4) Sheriffs or deputy sheriffs.
4 (5) Constables or deputy constables. If constables and
5 deputy constables are delegated authority to seize
6 registration plates and registration cards under this
7 section, they shall be compensated by the department at the
8 rate of $15 for each registration plate and card jointly
9 seized, plus mileage. The department shall pay a constable or
10 deputy constable within 30 days after a documented request
11 for payment is submitted to it.
12 * * *
13 § 1540. Surrender of license.
14 * * *
15 (b) Suspension, revocation or disqualification of operating
16 privilege.--
17 (1) Upon the suspension or revocation of the operating
18 privilege or the disqualification of the commercial operating
19 privilege of any person by the department, the department
20 shall forthwith notify the person in writing by certified
21 mail at the address of record to surrender his driver's
22 license to the department for the term of suspension,
23 revocation or disqualification.
24 (2) The department shall include with the written notice
25 of suspension, revocation or disqualification a form for
26 acknowledging the suspension, revocation or disqualification,
27 which form shall be filed with the department if the person
28 has no license to surrender.
29 (3) The suspension, revocation or disqualification shall
30 be effective upon the earlier of:
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1 (i) a date determined by the department; or
2 (ii) the date of filing or mailing of the license or
3 acknowledgment to the department, if that date is
4 subsequent to the department's notice to surrender the
5 license.
6 (4) Upon surrender of the license or acknowledgment, the
7 department shall issue a receipt showing the date that it
8 received the license or acknowledgment.
9 * * *
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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