PRINTER'S NO. 3165
No. 2215 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY PAYTON, THOMAS, MYERS, KULA, GINGRICH, JAMES AND
YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 1, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 1, 2008
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 1553(d) introductory paragraph and (1) of
6 Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended
7 and subsection (a) 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.
13 * * *
14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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