PRINTER'S NO. 2119
No. 1683 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY TOLL, JOHNSON, A. P. KELLY, RITTER, TAYOUN, ROSS
AND RICHARDSON, JULY 24, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JULY 24, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), entitled "An
2 act consolidating and revising the Vehicle Code, the Tractor
3 Code, the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Act and
4 other acts relating to the ownership, possession and use of
5 vehicles and tractors," adding penalties for driving during
6 suspension or revocation of license in certain cases.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. The penalty clause as it relates to clause (6) of
10 section 624, act of April 29, 1959 (P.L.58, No.32), known as
11 "The Vehicle Code," clause (6) amended August 27, 1963
12 (P.L.1353, No.533), the penalty clause amended May 26, 1972
13 (P.L.313, No.84), is amended to read:
14 Section 624. Violation of License Provisions.--It shall be
15 unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts:
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17 (6) To operate any motor vehicle or tractor upon the
18 highways of this Commonwealth after the operating privilege is
19 suspended or revoked or after the privilege, to apply for an
20 operator's license or learner's permit is suspended and before
1 such operating privilege or right to apply for an operator's
2 license or learner's permit has been reinstated.
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4 Penalty.--Any person violating any of the provisions of
5 clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section, shall, upon summary
6 conviction before a magistrate, be sentenced to pay a fine of
7 fifty dollars ($50.00) and costs of prosecution, and, in default
8 of the payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment for not more
9 than ten (10) days.
10 Any person violating any of the provisions of clause (8) of
11 this section, shall, upon summary conviction before a
12 magistrate, be sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars
13 ($100.00) and costs of prosecution, and, in default of the
14 payment thereof, shall undergo imprisonment for not more than
15 twenty (20) days.
16 Any person violating any of the provisions of clauses (6) or
17 (7) of this section for the first offense, shall, upon summary
18 conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
19 one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than two hundred dollars
20 ($200.00) and costs of prosecution, or to undergo imprisonment
21 for not more than two (2) months, or both.
22 Any person violating any of the provisions of clause (5) of
23 this section or clauses (6) or (7) for a second or subsequent
24 offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
25 conviction thereof in a court of quarter sessions, be sentenced
26 to pay a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) and
27 not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and costs of
28 prosecution, or undergo imprisonment for not more than three (3)
29 years, or suffer both such fine and imprisonment.
30 Any person violating the provisions of clause (6) of this
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1 section and who while so doing is in an accident resulting in a
2 fatality shall, in addition to any fines provided by this
3 section, be sentenced to a mandatory jail sentence for the
4 maximum period heretofore set forth on conviction for a second
5 or subsequent offense.
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7 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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