PRINTER'S NO. 2866
No. 2138 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, BIANCUCCI, CAWLEY, CORRIGAN, COY, DALEY,
DeLUCA, FABRIZIO, GEIST, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HESS,
JAMES, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, SHANER, TANGRETTI, TIGUE,
YOUNGBLOOD AND CRUZ, OCTOBER 27, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 27, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for occupational limited license.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1533(d)(1) of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and subsection (a)
7 is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
8 § 1553. Occupational limited license.
9 (a) Issuance.--
10 * * *
11 (3) If an applicant is not licensed to drive in this or
12 any other state, the licensee shall not be issued an
13 occupational limited license but shall be permitted to apply
14 for a Class C learner's permit under the provisions of
15 section 1505(a) (relating to learners' permits). Thirty days
16 after the issuance of the learner's permit, the applicant
17 shall be eligible to test for a driver's license under the
1 provisions of section 1508(a) (relating to examination of
2 applicant for driver's license). If the applicant
3 successfully passes all the required examinations, the
4 department may issue an occupational limited license to the
5 applicant.
6 * * *
7 (d) Unauthorized issuance.--The department shall prohibit
8 issuance of an occupational limited license to any of the
9 following:
10 (1) [A] Except as provided in subsection (a)(3), a
11 driver who is not licensed to drive by this or any other
12 state.
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14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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