AN ACT

 

1Amending Titles 66 (Public Utilities) and 75 (Vehicles) of the
2Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for
3identification requirements for railroad employees; and
4further providing for carrying and exhibiting driver's
5license on demand.

6The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7hereby enacts as follows:

8Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

10§ 2710. Identification requirements for railroad employees.

11Employees of the railroad shall carry photo identification
12furnished them by the railroad on their person at all times.

13Section 2. Section 1511 of Title 75 is amended to read:

14§ 1511. Carrying and exhibiting driver's license on demand.

15(a) General rule.--[Every] Except as provided in subsection 
16(a.1), every licensee shall possess a driver's license issued to
17the licensee at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall
18exhibit the license upon demand by a police officer, and when
19requested by the police officer the licensee shall write the

1licensee's name in the presence of the officer in order to
2provide identity.

3(a.1) Exception.--Engineers, conductors, brakemen or other
4members of the crew of a locomotive or train being operated upon
5rails, including operation on a railroad crossing over a public
6street, road or highway, shall not be required to exhibit their
7driver's license upon demand by a police officer in connection
8with the operation of a locomotive or train within this
9Commonwealth.

10(b) Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be
11convicted of violating this section or section 1501(a) (relating
12to drivers required to be licensed) if the person:

13(1) produces at the headquarters of the police officer
14who demanded to see the person's license, within 15 days of
15the demand, a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth at
16the time of the demand; or

17(2) if a citation has been filed, produces at the office
18of the issuing authority, within 15 days of the filing of the
19citation, a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth on
20the date of the citation.

21Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.