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PRINTER'S NO. 1657
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1128
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, FARNESE, KILLION, K. WARD, J. WARD, REGAN,
MENSCH, STEFANO, ARNOLD AND SCAVELLO, APRIL 23, 2020
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 23, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensing of drivers, providing for declaration
of judicial emergencies.
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:
§ 1533.1. Declaration of judicial emergencies.
(a) Judicial emergencies.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter, upon the declaration of a judicial
emergency under Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, a
law of this Commonwealth, a rule of court or other judicial
order by the Supreme Court or any agency or unit of the unified
judicial system exercising a power or performing a duty under 42
Pa.C.S. § 1721 (relating to delegation of powers), the
department shall not suspend the operating privilege of a person
under section 1533 (relating to suspension of operating
privilege for failure to respond to citation) or withhold the
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renewal of the driver's license of a person under section
1503(a) (relating to persons ineligible for licensing; license
issuance to minors; junior driver's license), if the time period
for taking the action or making the payment required under
section 1533(a) or (b) expires during the declared judicial
emergency.
(b) Additional compliance period.--Upon the expiration of a
declared judicial emergency under subsection (a), a person shall
have an additional 30 days to take the action or make the
payment required under section 1533(a) or (b). If a person takes
the action or makes the payment required under section 1533(a)
or (b) within the additional 30-day time period specified under
this subsection, the person shall be deemed in compliance with
section 1533(a) or (b).
(c) Applicability.--
(1) This section shall apply to any judicial district
for which a judicial emergency is declared. If a Statewide
judicial emergency is declared, this section shall apply to
all judicial districts.
(2) This section shall be retroactive to March 18, 2020.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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