THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, BRENNAN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeLUCA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, KOTIK, KULA, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MUNDY, SIPTROTH, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 13, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 13, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Titles 66 (Public Utilities) and 75 (Vehicles) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for

identification requirements for railroad employees; and

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 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

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.