1Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2Statutes, further providing for occupational limited license.

3The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4hereby enacts as follows:

5Section 1. Section 1553(d)(10) and (d.1) of Title 75 of the
6Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

7§ 1553. Occupational limited license.

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9(d) Unauthorized issuance.--The department shall prohibit
10issuance of an occupational limited license to:

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12(10) [Any] Except as set forth in subsection (d.1) or 
13(d.2), any person whose operating privilege has been 
14suspended pursuant to [either section 13(m) of the act of 
15April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled 
16Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, or] section 1532(c) 
17(relating to suspension of operating privilege) unless the 
18suspension imposed has been fully served.

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2(d.1) Adjudication eligibility.--[An individual who has been
3convicted of an offense under section 3802 (relating to driving
4under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) and does not
5have a prior offense as defined in section 3806(a) (relating to
6prior offenses)] The following individuals shall be eligible for
7an occupational limited license only if the individual has
8served 60 days of the suspension imposed for the offense[.]:

9(1) An individual who has been convicted of an offense
10under section 3802 (relating to driving under influence of
11alcohol or controlled substance) and does not have a prior
12offense as defined in section 3806(a) (relating to prior
13offenses).

14(2) An individual whose operating privilege has been
15suspended under section 1532(c) for a conviction of an
16offense involving the possession, sale, delivery, offering
17for sale, holding for sale or giving away of any controlled
18substance under the laws of the United States, this
19Commonwealth or any other state and does not have a prior
20offense. For purposes of this paragraph, any conviction under
21any Federal or state law relating to any controlled substance
22or other drug shall constitute a prior offense if it related
23to the type of conduct against which a subsequent offense is
24directed.

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26Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.