PRINTER'S NO. 759
No. 666 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY JAMES, WASHINGTON, THOMAS, KIRKLAND, YOUNGBLOOD,
STURLA, WATERS, PALLONE, PRESTON, WHEATLEY, MANN, BEBKO-
JONES, BLAUM, JOSEPHS, CURRY, CRUZ, BLACKWELL, CALTAGIRONE,
STABACK, LESCOVITZ, BROWNE AND WILLIAMS, MARCH 1, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 1, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for issuance and content of
3 driver's license.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1510(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended November 30, 2004 (P.L.1474,
8 No.188), is amended to read:
9 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
10 (a) General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
11 required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
12 license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
13 licensee is authorized to drive and any endorsements or
14 restrictions, which license shall contain a distinguishing
15 number assigned by the department to the licensee, the actual
16 name, date of birth, residence address, race, a color photograph
17 or photographic facsimile of the licensee, such other
1 information as may be required by the department, and either a
2 facsimile of the signature of the licensee or a space upon which
3 the licensee shall write his usual signature with pen and ink.
4 Program participants in the Address Confidentiality Program
5 under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 67 (relating to domestic and sexual
6 violence victim address confidentiality) may use a substitute
7 address designated by the Office of Victim Advocate as their
8 address. Personal medical data and other information for use in
9 an emergency may be included as a part of the license.
10 Information other than that required to identify the licensee,
11 the distinguishing number and the class of license issued may be
12 included in microdata form. Except as provided in subsection
13 (f), an applicant shall include his Social Security number on
14 his license application, but the Social Security number shall
15 not be included on the license. No driver's license shall be
16 valid until it has been signed by the licensee.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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