PRINTER'S NO. 2545
No. 1963 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, PRESTON, ITKIN, MRKONIC, GIGLIOTTI,
PISTELLA, TRELLO AND MICHLOVIC, OCTOBER 10, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 10, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for the
3 disposition of a delinquent child, including driver's license
4 suspension, for an offense involving a motor vehicle.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 6352 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
9 § 6352. Disposition of delinquent child.
10 * * *
11 (c) Delinquent act involving motor vehicle.--In addition to
12 a disposition made under this section, the court shall suspend
13 the operating privilege of a delinquent child for a period
14 established in this subsection, when, while committing an act
15 for which he was adjudicated delinquent or during flight
16 therefrom, a motor vehicle was used. When the court suspends the
17 operating privilege, which shall include a suspension of the
18 privilege of operating a motorized pedalcycle, of a person under
1 this subsection, the duration of the suspension shall be as
2 follows:
3 (1) For a first offense, a period of 180 days from the
4 date the sentence is imposed.
5 (2) For a second offense, a period of one year from the
6 date the sentence is imposed.
7 (3) For a third offense, and any offense thereafter, a
8 period of two years from the date of suspension. Any multiple
9 sentences imposed shall be served consecutively.
10 A person whose record is received by the Department of
11 Transportation under this subsection and who does not have a
12 driver's license shall be ineligible to apply for a learner's
13 permit under 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1505 (relating to learners' permits)
14 and 1507 (relating to application for driver's license or
15 learner's permit by minor) for the time periods specified in
16 this subsection. If the person is under 16 years of age when he
17 is convicted, adjudicated delinquent or admitted to a
18 preadjudication program, the suspension of his operating
19 privilege shall commence upon his 16th birthday for the time
20 periods specified in this subsection.
21 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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