PRINTER'S NO. 234
No. 156 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, GEIST, HESS, PIPPY, BARD, FAIRCHILD, LEH,
MAHER, MARSICO, McGILL, SAYLOR AND STAIRS, JANUARY 29, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 29, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for issuance and content of
3 driver's license; providing for checking status of municipal
4 employees' driver's licenses; and further providing for
5 commercial driver's license, for maximum speed limits and for
6 regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1510 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
10 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
11 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
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13 (h) Sale of photographs prohibited.--Neither the department
14 nor any person under contract with the department shall sell
15 photographs of holders of a driver's license or identification
16 card for any commercial purpose.
17 Section 2. Title 75 is amended by adding a section to read:
18 § 1576. Political subdivisions to check status of employees'
19 driver's licenses.
20 At least quarterly, a political subdivision shall check the
1 records of the department to determine the status of the
2 driver's license of all employees who drive a vehicle as an
3 element of their employment.
4 Section 3. Section 1610 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
5 subsection to read:
6 § 1610. Commercial driver's license.
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8 (f) Sale of photographs prohibited.--Neither the department
9 nor any person under contract with the department shall sell
10 photographs of holders of a commercial driver's license for any
11 commercial purpose.
12 Section 4. Sections 3362(a)(1.1) and 6110(a) of Title 75 are
13 amended to read:
14 § 3362. Maximum speed limits.
15 (a) General rule.--Except when a special hazard exists that
16 requires lower speed for compliance with section 3361 (relating
17 to driving vehicle at safe speed), the limits specified in this
18 section or established under this subchapter shall be maximum
19 lawful speeds and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in
20 excess of the following maximum limits:
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22 (1.1) 65 miles per hour for all vehicles[:
23 (i) on interstate highways outside of urbanized
24 areas of population of 50,000 or more; and
25 (ii)] on [other] freeways where the department has
26 posted a 65-miles-per-hour speed limit [in accordance
27 with the provisions of 23 U.S.C. (relating to highways)].
28 * * *
29 § 6110. Regulation of traffic on Pennsylvania Turnpike.
30 (a) General rule.--The provisions of this title apply upon
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1 any turnpike or highway under the supervision and control of the
2 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission unless specifically modified by
3 rules and regulations promulgated by the commission which shall
4 become effective only upon publication in accordance with law. A
5 copy of the rules and regulations, so long as they are
6 effective, shall be posted at all entrances to the turnpike or
7 highway for the inspection of persons using the turnpike or
8 highway. This section does not authorize the establishment of a
9 maximum speed limit greater than 55 miles per hour, except that
10 a 65-miles-per-hour maximum speed limit for all vehicles may be
11 established[:
12 (1) on interstate highways outside of urbanized areas of
13 population of 50,000 or more; and
14 (2) on other freeways] where the commission has posted a
15 65-miles-per-hour speed limit [in accordance with the
16 provisions of 23 United States Code (relating to highways)].
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18 Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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