PRINTER'S NO. 868
No. 768 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY COLAFELLA, GODSHALL, CIVERA, BELARDI, ZUG, DALEY,
WALKO, ROONEY, SURRA, ITKIN, CAPPABIANCA, SAINATO, FARGO,
PESCI, OLASZ, HERMAN, GIGLIOTTI, TRAVAGLIO, COY, TIGUE,
LAUGHLIN, McCALL, COLAIZZO, YOUNGBLOOD, JOSEPHS, STABACK,
SHANER, LUCYK, BARD, TRELLO, STEELMAN, HUTCHINSON,
E. Z. TAYLOR, BELFANTI, SAYLOR, DeLUCA AND CAWLEY,
MARCH 12, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 12, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, providing for issuing identification cards to
3 nondriving persons and for establishing a fee for same.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1510(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
9 * * *
10 (b) Identification card.--
11 (1) The department shall, upon payment of the required
12 fee, issue an identification card to any [person] of the
13 following:
14 (i) A person, regardless of age, who has made
15 application therefor [in such manner as the department
16 shall prescribe or]. The person shall, at a minimum,
1 provide the department with his birth certificate and
2 other information to prove his name, date of birth,
3 Social Security number and place of residence.
4 (ii) A person whose driver's license has been
5 surrendered to the department because of a suspension or
6 revocation of an operating privilege under this or any
7 other title.
8 (2) The identification card shall have substantially the
9 same content as a driver's license but shall clearly indicate
10 that it is not a driver's license.
11 (3) Upon failure of any person to pass any examination
12 required under section 1514 (relating to expiration and
13 renewal of drivers' licenses), the department shall, where
14 appropriate, issue a complimentary identification card as an
15 expression of gratitude for years of safe driving. The card
16 shall only be issued upon receipt of the person's driver's
17 license.
18 * * *
19 Section 2. The Department of Transportation may promulgate
20 regulations to carry out the provisions of this act, except the
21 department may not, by regulation, establish a minimum age for
22 applying for an identification card.
23 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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