PRINTER'S NO. 2793
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1123
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, KOTIK, MILNE, COHEN, GERGELY, D. COSTA,
YOUNGBLOOD, HARHAI, DeLUCA, ROZZI, THOMAS, KORTZ AND BARRAR,
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 2, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Titles 66 (Public Utilities) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in railroads, providing
for identification requirements for railroad employees; and,
in licensing of drivers, further providing for carrying and
exhibiting driver's license on demand.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2710. Identification requirements for railroad employees.
Employees of the railroad shall carry photo identification
furnished to them by the railroad on their person at all times.
Section 2. Section 1511 of Title 75 is amended to read:
§ 1511. Carrying and exhibiting driver's license on demand.
(a) General rule.--[Every] Except as provided in subsection
(a.1), every licensee shall possess a driver's license issued to
the licensee at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall
exhibit the license upon demand by a police officer, and when
requested by the police officer the licensee shall write the
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licensee's name in the presence of the officer in order to
provide identity.
(a.1) Exception.--Engineers, conductors, brakemen or other
members of the crew of a locomotive or train being operated upon
rails, including operation on a railroad crossing over a public
street, road or highway, shall not be required to exhibit their
driver's license upon demand by a police officer in connection
with the operation of a locomotive or train within this
Commonwealth.
(b) Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be
convicted of violating this section or section 1501(a) (relating
to drivers required to be licensed) if the person:
(1) produces at the headquarters of the police officer
who demanded to see the person's license, within 15 days of
the demand, a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth at
the time of the demand; or
(2) if a citation has been filed, produces at the office
of the issuing authority, within 15 days of the filing of the
citation, a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth on
the date of the citation.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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