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PRINTER'S NO. 176
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
206
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DEASY, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 28, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in other required equipment, providing for student
driver sign.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 4538. Student driver sign.
(a) Placement.--A student driver must place a student driver
sign on the rear of the vehicle that the student driver is
operating to alert other drivers that a student driver is
operating the vehicle.
(b) Duties of department.--The department shall do all of
the following:
(1) Produce student driver signs as follows:
(i) Each student driver sign shall be magnetic.
(ii) Each student driver sign for placement on a
vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall be four inches in
height by 12 inches in length.
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(iii) Each student driver sign for placement on a
motorcycle shall be four inches in height by four inches
in length.
(2) Issue student driver signs when a learner's permit
is issued to a student driver.
(3) Issue an instruction sheet for the use of the
student driver sign to the student driver informing the
student driver of the requirement of placing the student
driver sign on the rear of the vehicle that is operated by
the student driver.
(c) Cost.--The cost of a student driver sign shall be
determined by the department and must be paid by the student
driver at the same time as the payment of the fee for the
learner's permit.
(d) Return.--A student driver sign may be returned to the
department for reuse.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Minor." A person under 21 years of age.
"Student driver." A minor with a valid learner's permit
issued under section 1505 (relating to learners' permits).
"Student driver sign." A sign produced by the department and
issued under this section.
Section 2. The addition of 75 Pa.C.S. § 4538 shall apply to
minors who are issued a learner's permit under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1505
on or after the effective date of this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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