THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GROVE, BOYD, CLYMER, D. COSTA, DENLINGER, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HORNAMAN, M.K. KELLER, MILLER, MOUL, VULAKOVICH, MURT, KAVULICH, BURNS, REICHLEY, MULLERY, MARSHALL, LAWRENCE, BRIGGS AND KORTZ, JANUARY 26, 2011

AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 1, 2012   

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for learners' permits.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1505(e) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, amended October 25, 2011 (P.L.334,

No.81), is amended and the section is amended by adding a

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subsection to read:

§ 1505.  Learners' permits.

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(e)  Authorization to test for driver's license and junior

driver's license.--A person with a learner's permit is

authorized to take the examination for a regular or junior

driver's license for the class of vehicle for which a permit is

held. Before a person under the age of 18 years may take the

examination for a junior driver's license, including a Class M

license to operate a motorcycle, the minor must:

(1)  Have held a learner's permit for that class of

vehicle for a period of six months.

(2)  Present to the department a certification form

signed by the father, mother, guardian, person in loco

parentis or spouse of a married minor stating that the minor

applicant has completed 65 hours of practical driving 

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applicant has:

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(i)  completed 65 hours of practical driving 

experience[, including] accompanied as required under

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subsection (b); and

(ii)  except for a Class M license to operate a

motorcycle, the 65 hours included no less than ten hours

of nighttime driving and five hours of inclement weather

driving[, accompanied as required under subsection (b).

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Submission of a certification shall not subject the

parent, guardian, person in loco parentis or spouse of a

married minor to any liability based upon the

certification].

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(3)  Have the certification form completed when the minor

is ready for the licensing examination. The certification

form shall be developed by the department and will be

provided by the department when the original application for

a learner's permit is processed. The department will make

this form readily available through the mail or electronic

means.

(4)  Complete For a Class M license to operate a

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motorcycle, present evidence of successful completion of the

department-approved motorcycle safety course as a requirement

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for obtaining a Class M junior driver's license.

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(g)  Liability.--Submission of a certification under

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subsection (e)(2) shall not subject the parent, guardian, person

in loco parentis or spouse of a married minor to any liability

based upon the certification.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.