PRINTER'S NO. 1765
No. 1461 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY CRUZ, YOUNGBLOOD, SAINATO, MARKOSEK, READSHAW,
NAILOR, KIRKLAND, CREIGHTON, CALTAGIRONE, WATERS, HORSEY,
KELLER, DALEY, JAMES, J. TAYLOR, HARHAI, L. I. COHEN, ROONEY,
CORRIGAN, THOMAS, McCALL AND GRUCELA, MAY 1, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 1, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for the offense of driving while
3 operating privileges are suspended or revoked.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1543(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1543. Driving while operating privilege is suspended or
9 revoked.
10 (a) Offense defined.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
11 any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway or
12 trafficway of this Commonwealth after the commencement of a
13 suspension, revocation or cancellation of the operating
14 privilege and before the operating privilege has been restored
15 is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be
16 sentenced to pay a fine of $200. If the operating privilege that
17 had been suspended, revoked or canceled was based on a junior
1 driver's license or a learner's permit, then the defendant shall
2 be required to appear in person before the issuing authority and
3 shall be sentenced, in addition to any other penalties, to
4 perform 100 hours of community service under the supervision of
5 either the county in which the offense occurred or the county in
6 which the defendant resides. The defendant's operating privilege
7 shall not be restored until the county notifies the department
8 that the 100 hours of community service have been completely
9 performed.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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