PRINTER'S NO. 2872
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1861
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HAHN, PICKETT, BOBACK, NEILSON, READSHAW, TOPPER,
MILLARD, McGINNIS, HARHART, YOUNGBLOOD, WARD, MILNE, EVERETT,
MURT, O'NEILL, GINGRICH, KORTZ, A. HARRIS, KAUFFMAN, JOZWIAK,
DAVIS, HICKERNELL, D. COSTA, DeLUCA AND GILLEN,
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 17, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1543(b)(1) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 1543. Driving while operating privilege is suspended or
revoked.
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(b) Certain offenses.--
(1) (i) A person who drives a motor vehicle on a
highway or trafficway of this Commonwealth at a time when
the person's operating privilege is suspended or revoked
as a condition of acceptance of Accelerated
Rehabilitative Disposition for a violation of section
3802 (relating to driving under influence of alcohol or
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controlled substance) or the former section 3731, because
of a violation of section 1547(b)(1) (relating to
suspension for refusal) or 3802 or former section 3731 or
is suspended under section 1581 (relating to Driver's
License Compact) for an offense substantially similar to
a violation of section 3802 or former section 3731 shall,
upon a first conviction, be guilty of a summary offense
and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to
undergo imprisonment for a period of not less than 60
days nor more than 90 days.
(ii) A second violation of this paragraph shall
constitute a summary offense, and upon conviction thereof
the person shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and
to undergo imprisonment for not less than 90 days.
(iii) A third violation of this paragraph shall
constitute a misdemeanor of the third degree, and upon
conviction thereof the person shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of $2,500 and to undergo imprisonment for not less
than six months.
(iv) A fourth or subsequent violation of this
paragraph shall constitute a misdemeanor of the first
degree, and upon conviction thereof the person shall be
sentenced to pay a fine of $5,000 and to undergo
imprisonment for not less than two years.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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