PRINTER'S NO. 3228

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2422 Session of 1988


        INTRODUCED BY BURNS, MAY 3, 1988

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 3, 1988

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for issuance and content of
     3     license.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1510(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 1510.  Issuance and content of driver's license.
     9     (a)  General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
    10  required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
    11  license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
    12  licensee is authorized to drive, which license shall contain the
    13  social security number of the licensee, the actual name, date of
    14  birth, residence address, a color photograph of the licensee,
    15  such other information as may be required by the department, and
    16  either a facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space
    17  upon which the licensee shall write his usual signature with pen
    18  and ink. [Personal] If the licensee is a handicapped person and

     1  the licensee has been issued a handicapped license plate or
     2  placard, such information shall be indicated on the license.
     3  Other personal medical data and [other] information for use in
     4  an emergency may be included as a part of the license.
     5  Information other than that required to identify the licensee,
     6  the distinguishing number and the class of license issued may be
     7  included in microdata form. No driver's license shall be valid
     8  until it has been signed by the licensee.
     9     * * *
    10     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.














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