PRINTER'S NO. 2703
No. 1938 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, YOUNGBLOOD, HUTCHINSON, HENNESSEY, BRENNAN, KULA AND ROEBUCK, OCTOBER 23, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 23, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, providing for the regulated use of bioptic 3 telescopic lens systems. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 1517.1. Bioptic telescopic lens system usage. 9 (a) General rule.--The department shall issue regulations 10 that allow for the restricted licensing of drivers with low 11 vision, including the use of a bioptic telescopic lens system. 12 (b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following 13 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this 14 subsection: 15 "Bioptic telescopic lens system." A two-focus optical system 16 used to magnify distant objects by including a small telescope 17 that is mounted in a spectacle lens in a manner to allow an 18 unobstructed view of the horizontal visual field through a
1 person's normal distance corrective lens. 2 "Low vision." The condition of having a corrected visual 3 acuity in the best eye equivalent to 20/200 or better and a 4 visual field of 120 degrees horizontally and 80 degrees 5 vertically, but insufficient to meet the minimum visual acuity 6 standards set forth by the Department of Transportation to 7 obtain a restricted license without the use of a bioptic 8 telescopic lens system. 9 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. F16L75JAM/20070H1938B2703 - 2 -