PRINTER'S NO. 379

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 347 Session of 1977


        INTRODUCED BY ABRAHAM, MISCEVICH, TRELLO, GAMBLE, NOVAK,
           VALICENTI, COWELL, KERNICK, GILLETTE, RAVENSTAHL, LOGUE,
           DUFFY, FISHER, CESSAR, D. S. HAYES AND GOEBEL,
           FEBRUARY 15, 1977

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 15, 1977

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for licenses.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Section 1504(d)(1) of Title 75, act of November
     6  25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes, added June 17, 1976 (No.81), is amended
     8  to read:
     9  § 1504.  Classes of licenses.
    10     * * *
    11     (d)  Number and description of classes.--Licenses issued by
    12  the department shall be classified in the following manner:
    13         (1)  Class 1.--A Class I license shall be issued to those
    14  persons who have demonstrated their qualifications to operate a
    15  single vehicle not in excess of 30,000 pounds registered gross
    16  weight or any such vehicle towing a trailer not in excess of
    17  10,000 pounds gross weight. The holder of a Class 1 license

     1  shall not be deemed qualified to operate buses, school buses or
     2  motorcycles unless the license is endorsed as provided in this
     3  section. The holder of a Class 1 license who is a member of a
     4  volunteer fire association shall be deemed qualified to operate
     5  any of the vehicles registered by the volunteer fire
     6  association.
     7     * * *
     8     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately or July 1,
     9  1977 whichever is later.














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