PRINTER'S NO. 560
No. 503 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, GEORGE, McNALLY, SALOOM, D. R. WRIGHT,
KOSINSKI, COWELL, FLICK, VEON, PERZEL, S. H. SMITH,
TANGRETTI, FLEAGLE, E. Z. TAYLOR, BARLEY, ITKIN, BUNT, COHEN,
MIHALICH, HERMAN, MAYERNIK, FAIRCHILD, DEMPSEY, MELIO,
COLAIZZO, MERRY, PESCI, TRELLO, CARLSON, STEELMAN, HALUSKA,
D. W. SNYDER, REBER, LUCYK, LAUGHLIN, RITTER, BELFANTI,
KASUNIC, LEE, FARMER, DALEY, CIVERA, GIGLIOTTI, OLASZ, JAMES,
COLAFELLA, VAN HORNE, JOSEPHS, FAJT, PISTELLA, COY, RAYMOND,
KRUSZEWSKI, GERLACH, SAURMAN, TELEK, MICHLOVIC AND BROUJOS,
MARCH 11, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 11, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for notifying drivers of suspensions by
3 certified mail; requiring drivers to return suspended
4 driver's licenses in person or by certified mail; and
5 increasing the fee for reinstatement of a suspended driver's
6 license.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Sections 1533, 1540(b) and 1960 of Title 75 of
10 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
11 § 1533. Suspension of operating privilege for failure to
12 respond to citation.
13 The department shall suspend the operating privilege of any
14 person who has failed to respond to a citation to appear before
15 a court of competent jurisdiction of this Commonwealth or of any
16 state for violation of this title, other than parking, upon
1 being duly notified [in accordance with general rules] by
2 certified mail. There shall be 15 days to respond to such
3 notification before suspension is imposed. The suspension shall
4 be for an indefinite period until such person shall respond and
5 pay any fines and penalties imposed. Such suspension shall be in
6 addition to the requirement of withholding renewal or
7 reinstatement of a violator's driver's license as prescribed in
8 section 1503(c) (relating to persons ineligible for licensing).
9 § 1540. Surrender of license.
10 * * *
11 (b) Suspension [or], revocation or disqualification of
12 operating privilege.--Upon the suspension or revocation of the
13 operating privilege or the disqualification of the commercial
14 operating privilege of any person by the department, the
15 department shall forthwith notify the person [in writing] by
16 certified mail at the address of record to surrender his
17 driver's license to the department for the term of suspension
18 [or], revocation or disqualification. The suspension [or] ,
19 revocation or disqualification shall be effective upon a date
20 determined by the department or the date of surrender of the
21 license to the department, in person or by certified mail, if
22 that date is subsequent to the department's notice to surrender
23 the license, whichever occurs first. Upon surrender of the
24 license, the department shall issue a receipt showing the date
25 that it received the license.
26 * * *
27 § 1960. Reinstatement of operating privilege.
28 The department shall charge a fee of [$25] $30 to restore a
29 person's operating privilege following a suspension or
30 revocation.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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