PRINTER'S NO. 860
No. 714 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WONDERLING, RAFFERTY, GORDNER, CORMAN, COSTA,
ORIE, WENGER, LOGAN, GREENLEAF, ERICKSON AND LEMMOND,
JUNE 3, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 3, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for duplicate and substitute
3 drivers' licenses and learners' permits in cases of identity
4 theft.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1513 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 1513. Duplicate and substitute drivers' licenses and
10 learners' permits.
11 (a) General rule.--If a learner's permit or driver's license
12 issued under the provisions of this chapter is mutilated, lost,
13 stolen, destroyed or becomes illegible, the person to whom it
14 was issued, upon furnishing proof satisfactory to the department
15 that the license or permit has been mutilated, lost, stolen,
16 destroyed, or has become illegible, shall obtain a duplicate or
17 substitute license or permit upon payment of the required fee.
18 (a.1) Identity theft victim provisions.--
1 (1) If a person reasonably demonstrated that the person
2 is or may be the victim of identity theft, the department
3 shall upon request issue in accordance with this subsection a
4 substitute driver's license with a new operator's license
5 number.
6 (2) Upon requesting a new driver's license number from
7 the department, the person shall provide reasonable
8 documentation indicating the person is or may be a victim of
9 identity theft which may include, but not be limited to:
10 (i) A police report.
11 (ii) Notification that personal identity information
12 was jeopardized by virtue of a computer breach or hack.
13 (iii) Documentation of the misuse of the person's
14 existing driver's license number or a lost or stolen
15 driver's license.
16 (iv) Other similar reporting method that indicates
17 the possibility of identity theft or misuse of the
18 person's driver's license number.
19 (b) Return of original.--If a duplicate or substitute
20 learner's permit or driver's license has been issued, any person
21 who finds or otherwise obtains possession of the original shall
22 return the original to the department.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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