PRINTER'S NO. 1740
No. 1461 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LEH, BARLEY, BELFANTI, FARGO, STABACK, MARSICO,
BELARDI, TULLI, MARKOSEK, LAUGHLIN, WAUGH, HERSHEY, KAISER,
READSHAW, FICHTER, NAILOR, L. I. COHEN, OLASZ, YOUNGBLOOD,
CASORIO, STEELMAN, LYNCH, BROWNE, MAITLAND, DEMPSEY, KENNEY,
HENNESSEY, FEESE, PLATTS, BARD, J. TAYLOR, SERAFINI, ROHRER,
BOSCOLA, TRAVAGLIO, ROSS AND BENNINGHOFF, MAY 6, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 6, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for penalties for drivers
3 required to be licensed.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1501(d) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1501. Drivers required to be licensed.
9 * * *
10 (d) Penalty.--
11 (1) Any person violating subsection (a) [is guilty of]
12 commits a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
13 sentenced to pay a fine of $200, except that, if the person
14 charged furnishes satisfactory proof of having held a
15 driver's license valid on the last day of the preceding
16 driver's license period and no more than one year has elapsed
1 from the last date for renewal, the fine shall be $25. No
2 person charged with violating subsection (a) or (b) or
3 paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection shall be convicted
4 if the person produces at the office of the issuing authority
5 within 15 days of the violation:
6 [(1)] (i) a driver's license valid in this
7 Commonwealth at the time of the violation; or
8 [(2)] (ii) if the driver's license is lost, stolen,
9 destroyed or illegible, evidence that the driver was
10 licensed at the time of the violation.
11 (2) Any person who recklessly causes bodily injury to
12 another while violating subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor
13 of the third degree.
14 (3) Any person who recklessly causes serious bodily
15 injury to another while violating subsection (a) commits a
16 misdemeanor of the second degree.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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