PRINTER'S NO. 1617
No. 1350 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY REINARD, HUTCHINSON, ITKIN, WAMBACH, SHOWERS,
MAIALE, J. L. WRIGHT, NOYE, BELFANTI, HAGARTY, GREENWOOD,
ARTY, DAWIDA, SEMMEL, McVERRY, MICHLOVIC, PETRONE, COWELL,
BUNT, LINTON, McINTYRE, REBER, ANGSTADT, CIVERA, GANNON,
SCHEETZ, PRATT, MAYERNIK, STEVENS, ALDERETTE, BOOK, FLICK,
KOSINSKI, WASS, JOHNSON, PICCOLA, SAURMAN, GALLAGHER, BOWSER,
GRUPPO, COY, SCHULER, BATTISTO, BURNS, COSLETT, MACKOWSKI,
VROON, AFFLERBACH, FARGO, FISCHER, KASUNIC, E. Z. TAYLOR,
HERMAN, GEIST, BURD, McHALE, MADIGAN, PETERSON, HERSHEY,
CLYMER, BALDWIN, WILSON, SERAFINI, COLAFELLA AND BELARDI,
JULY 15, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 15, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for preparation and examination of
3 applicants for drivers' licenses regarding the effects of
4 alcohol and drug use on highway safety.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1508 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 1508. Examination of applicant for driver's license.
10 * * *
11 (c) Alcohol and drug use information.--The traffic laws
12 examination shall contain at least one question relating to the
13 driver's ability to understand the effects of alcohol and drug
14 use on highway safety. The driver's manual shall include a
1 section relating to the effects of alcohol and drug use on
2 highway safety, along with the related penalties. A chart which
3 demonstrates the levels of alcohol in a person's bloodstream
4 legally sufficient to constitute intoxication shall be included
5 in this section of the driver's manual.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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