PRINTER'S NO. 467
No. 421 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, STOUT, ERICKSON, RHOADES, BROWNE,
C. WILLIAMS, REGOLA, STACK, FONTANA, ORIE, BOSCOLA, PUNT,
WASHINGTON, KASUNIC AND COSTA, MARCH 14, 2007
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 14, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for certain passenger restrictions.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The heading of section 1503 of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is
7 amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 1503. Persons ineligible for licensing; license issuance to
9 minors; junior driver's license; passenger
10 restrictions.
11 * * *
12 (d) Passenger restrictions.--Except as provided in paragraph
13 (1), a driver under 18 years of age may not drive a vehicle with
14 more than one passenger under 18 years of age.
15 (1) A driver under 18 years of age may drive a vehicle
16 with more than one passenger under 18 years of age when:
17 (i) a parent or a person in loco parentis of the
1 driver is also a passenger;
2 (ii) a parent or a person in loco parentis of a
3 passenger under 18 years of age is also a passenger; or
4 (iii) the passengers under 18 years of age are the
5 siblings or relatives of the driver and live in the same
6 dwelling as the driver.
7 (2) In addition to the other provisions of this title
8 relating to the suspension or revocation of operating
9 privileges, in the event that a driver under 18 years of age
10 is involved in an accident reportable under section 3746(a)
11 for which the driver is partially or fully responsible in the
12 opinion of the department and is found to be in violation of
13 this subsection, the department may suspend the operating
14 privileges of the driver until the driver attains 18 years of
15 age or for a period of time not exceeding 90 days.
16 (3) Any driver violating this subsection commits a
17 summary offense.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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