PRINTER'S NO. 4061
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2419
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, STURLA, GODSHALL, V. BROWN, KORTZ,
BIZZARRO, SAVAGE AND SCHWEYER, OCTOBER 18, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 18, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for
surrender of license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1540(a) and (b) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1540. Surrender of license.
(a) Conviction of offense.--
(1) Upon a conviction by a court of competent
jurisdiction for any offense which calls for mandatory
suspension in accordance with section 1532 (relating to
suspension of operating privilege), the court or the district
attorney shall require the surrender of any driver's license
then held by the defendant and shall forward the driver's
license together with a record of the conviction to the
department.
(2) The suspension shall be effective upon the earliest
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of:
(i) a date determined by the court or district
attorney [or upon];
(ii) the date of surrender of the license to the
court or district attorney[, whichever shall first
occur.];
(iii) the date of expiration of the license;
(iv) for a person who is under 18 of age on the date
of conviction, the date the person attains 18 years of
age; or
(v) for a person who is at least 18 years of age on
the date of conviction and is unlicensed in this
Commonwealth, the date of the conviction.
(b) Suspension, revocation or disqualification of operating
privilege.--
(1) Upon the suspension or revocation of the operating
privilege or the disqualification of the commercial operating
privilege of any person by the department, the department
shall forthwith notify the person in writing at the address
of record to surrender his driver's license to the department
for the term of suspension, revocation or disqualification.
(2) The department shall include with the written notice
of suspension, revocation or disqualification a form for
acknowledging the suspension, revocation or disqualification,
which form shall be filed with the department if the person
has no license to surrender.
(3) The suspension, revocation or disqualification shall
be effective upon the [earlier] earliest of:
(i) a date determined by the department; [or]
(ii) the date of filing or mailing of the license or
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acknowledgment to the department, if that date is
subsequent to the department's notice to surrender the
license[.];
(iii) the date of the expiration of the license;
(iv) for a person who is under 18 years of age on
the date of conviction, the date the person attains 18
years of age; or
(v) for a person who is at least 18 years of age on
the date of conviction and is unlicensed in this
Commonwealth, the date of the conviction.
(4) Upon surrender of the license or acknowledgment, the
department shall issue a receipt showing the date that it
received the license or acknowledgment.
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Section 2. The amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1540(a) and (b)
shall apply to a person convicted or subject to license
suspension prior to the effective date of this section if the
person pays to the Department of Transportation a fee of $50 for
recalculation of the period of suspension in accordance with the
amendment of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1540(a) and (b).
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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