PRINTER'S NO. 1952
No. 1596 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY MAYERNIK, HERMAN, MOWERY, GEIST, COWELL,
DIETTERICK, BATTISTO, NOYE, RYBAK, FOX, STABACK,
E. Z. TAYLOR, RITTER, SAURMAN, McCALL, BOWSER, BARLEY, BOOK,
BOYES, CIMINI, CIVERA, DeLUCA, FISCHER, GRUPPO, JADLOWIEC,
JOHNSON AND SEMMEL, JUNE 24, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 24, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the issuance of a junior
3 driver's license only upon completion of a standardized
4 driver's training course; and providing for special learner's
5 permits.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 1503(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
9 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
10 § 1503. Persons ineligible for licensing.
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12 (c) Junior driver's license.--The department may issue a
13 junior driver's license only to a person 16 or 17 years of age
14 who has successfully completed a standardized driver's training
15 course approved by the Department of Education under rules and
16 regulations adopted by the department and subject to the
17 provisions of this section. A junior driver's license shall
18 automatically become a regular driver's license when the
1 licensee attains 18 years of age.
2 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no licensed
3 junior driver shall drive a vehicle upon a public highway
4 between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. unless accompanied by a spouse
5 18 years of age or older, a parent or a person in loco
6 parentis.
7 (2) A licensed junior driver conforming to the
8 requirements of section 1507 (relating to application for
9 driver's license or learner's permit by minor) may drive a
10 vehicle upon a public highway between 12 midnight and 5 a.m.
11 between their home and their activity or employment or in the
12 course of their activity or employment if they are a member
13 of a volunteer fire company authorized by the fire chief to
14 engage in fighting fires, engaged in public or charitable
15 service or employed and they are carrying an affidavit signed
16 by their fire chief, supervisor or employer indicating the
17 probable schedule of their activities. Upon termination of
18 the junior driver's activity or employment, the junior
19 licensee shall surrender the affidavit to the fire chief,
20 supervisor or employer. If the junior licensee shall fail to
21 surrender the affidavit, the employer, fire chief or
22 supervisor shall immediately notify the Pennsylvania State
23 Police.
24 (3) In addition to the other provisions of this title
25 relating to the suspension or revocation of operating
26 privileges, in the event that a licensed junior driver is
27 involved in an accident for which they are partially or fully
28 responsible in the opinion of the department or is convicted
29 of any violation of this title, the department may suspend
30 the operating privileges of such person until the person
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1 attains 18 years of age or for a period of time not exceeding
2 90 days.
3 (4) Any junior licensee or other person violating any
4 provision of this subsection is guilty of a summary offense.
5 Additional costs incurred by the department as a result of the
6 standardized driver's training course which exceed the amount of
7 money expended from the Motor License Fund for school district
8 reimbursement for the school year 1986-1987 shall be satisfied
9 from annual appropriations to the department from the General
10 Fund in such amounts as the General Assembly determines to be
11 appropriate.
12 Section 2. Section 1505 of Title 75 is amended by adding a
13 subsection to read:
14 § 1505. Learners' permits.
15 * * *
16 (e) Special learner's permit.--The department may issue a
17 special learner's permit to a person six months before his 16th
18 birthday. The permit may be used only during instruction
19 provided as part of a standardized driver's training course
20 approved by the Department of Education. The holder of a special
21 learner's permit is authorized to drive vehicles or combinations
22 of vehicles of the class or classes specified on the permit, but
23 only when accompanied by and under the immediate supervision of
24 a certified instructor of an approved course. A special
25 learner's permit shall be valid until the holder's 16th
26 birthday, when the department shall automatically issue him for
27 no additional fee a standard learner's permit pursuant to
28 subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d). The fee for a special
29 learner's permit shall be as provided in section 1951(e)
30 (relating to driver's license and learner's permit).
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1 Section 3. Section 1951 of Title 75 is amended to read:
2 § 1951. Driver's license and learner's permit.
3 (a) Driver's license.--The annual fee for a driver's license
4 shall be $5 plus the cost of the photograph required in section
5 1510(a) (relating to issuance and content of driver's license).
6 (b) Learner's permit.--The fee for a learner's permit shall
7 be $5.
8 (c) Identification card.--The fee for an identification card
9 shall be $5.
10 (d) Replacement license or card.--The fee for a replacement
11 driver's license or identification card shall be $5.
12 (e) Special learner's permit and learner's permit
13 combination.--The fee for a special learner's permit shall be
14 $5. For no additional fee, a standard learner's permit shall be
15 issued to the holder of a special learner's permit automatically
16 on his 16th birthday.
17 Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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