THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PYLE, BARRAR, GEIST, SAINATO, McGEEHAN, BENNINGHOFF, PAYNE, ADOLPH, AUMENT, BAKER, BEAR, BOBACK, BOYD, BRENNAN, BRIGGS, BROOKS, R. BROWN, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CHRISTIANA, CLYMER, CREIGHTON, CUTLER, DALEY, DAVIS, DUNBAR, ELLIS, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, FARRY, FLECK, GABLER, GEORGE, GERGELY, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARHART, HEFFLEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, F. KELLER, M. K. KELLER, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MACKENZIE, MAJOR, MALONEY, MARSHALL, MASSER, METCALFE, MICOZZIE, MOUL, MURPHY, OBERLANDER, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PETRARCA, PICKETT, QUIGLEY, QUINN, RAPP, READSHAW, REED, REESE, SACCONE, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STEPHENS, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOBASH, TOEPEL, TOOHIL, TRUITT, TURZAI, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS AND HELM, JUNE 4, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 4, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for

issuance and content of driver's licenses.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1510 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 1510.  Issuance and content of driver's license.

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(a.1)  Veteran's driver's license designation.--

(1)  Upon application by a qualified applicant, the

department shall issue a driver's license or identification

card that clearly indicates that the person is a veteran of

the United States Armed Forces. A qualified applicant is an

individual who has served in the United States Armed Forces,

including a reserve component or the National Guard, and who

was discharged or released from such service under conditions

other than dishonorable.

(2)  An applicant shall provide the department with a

United States Department of Defense discharge document known

as a DD-214 or a National Guard Bureau discharge document

known as an NGB-22.

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