THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SIMMONS, AUMENT, BAKER, BRENNAN, CAUSER, COX, CREIGHTON, DAY, DENLINGER, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GILLEN, GROVE, HEFFLEY, HORNAMAN, KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, KILLION, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MUSTIO, OBERLANDER, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SAINATO, STEVENSON, VEREB AND WATSON, MARCH 7, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 7, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for driver's license issuance and

content and for State and local administration.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Sections 1510(a) and 6102(a) of Title 75 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 1510.  Issuance and content of driver's license.

(a)  General rule.--

(1)  The department shall, upon payment of the required

fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's license

indicating the type or general class of vehicles the licensee

is authorized to drive and any endorsements or restrictions,

which license, except as provided in subsection (j), shall

contain a distinguishing number assigned by the department to

the licensee, the actual name, date of birth, residence

address, a color photograph or photographic facsimile of the

licensee, such other information as may be required by the

department, and either a facsimile of the signature of the

licensee or a space upon which the licensee shall write his

usual signature with pen and ink. Program participants in the

Address Confidentiality Program under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 67 

(relating to domestic and sexual violence victim address

confidentiality) may use a substitute address designated by

the Office of Victim Advocate as their address.

(2)  The license shall, if appropriate:

(i)  clearly indicate that the qualified applicant is

an individual who:

(A)  served in the United States Armed Forces,

including a reserve component or National Guard; and

(B)  was honorably discharged or released from

that service; and

(ii)  contain the mark or insignia of the branch of

service under subparagraph (i)(A).

(3)  Personal medical data and other information for use

in an emergency may be included as a part of the license.

Information other than that required to identify the

licensee, the distinguishing number and the class of license

issued may be included in microdata form. Except as provided

in subsection (f), an applicant shall include his Social

Security number on his license application, but the Social

Security number shall not be included on the license. No

driver's license shall be valid until it has been signed by

the licensee.

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§ 6102.  Powers and duties of department and local authorities.

(a)  Department.--

(1)  The department is charged with the duty of

administering the provisions of this title and of all laws

the administration of which is now or hereafter vested in the

department.

(2)  The department shall verify the status of a

qualified applicant under section 1510(a)(2) (relating to

issuance and content of driver's license) using a DD-214 or

NGB-22 in conjunction with a valid identification card issued

by:

(i)  the Federal agency; or

(ii)  a Commonwealth agency.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 180 days.