PRINTER'S NO. 903
No. 813 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY MELIO, BARD, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPABIANCA, CASORIO, L. I. COHEN, CORRIGAN, COSTA, CRUZ,
DALEY, EGOLF, FLICK, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, NAILOR, PISTELLA,
RAYMOND, READSHAW, SATHER, SOLOBAY, TANGRETTI, THOMAS,
C. WILLIAMS, WILT, WOGAN AND WOJNAROSKI, FEBRUARY 26, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 26, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for driving while operating
3 privilege is suspended or revoked.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1543(a) and (b)(1) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 1543. Driving while operating privilege is suspended or
9 revoked.
10 (a) Offense defined.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
11 any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway or
12 trafficway of this Commonwealth after the commencement of a
13 suspension, revocation or cancellation of the operating
14 privilege and before the operating privilege has been restored
15 is guilty of a [summary offense] misdemeanor of the third degree
16 and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of [$200]
17 $1,000.
1 (b) Certain offenses.--
2 (1) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on any highway
3 or trafficway of this Commonwealth at a time when their
4 operating privilege is suspended or revoked as a condition of
5 acceptance of Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition for a
6 violation of section 3731 (relating to driving under
7 influence of alcohol or controlled substance) or because of a
8 violation of section 1547(b)(1) (relating to suspension for
9 refusal) or 3731 or suspended under section 1581 (relating to
10 Driver's License Compact) for an offense substantially
11 similar to a violation of section 3731 shall, upon
12 conviction, be guilty of a [summary offense] misdemeanor of
13 the third degree and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
14 [$1,000] $2,000 and to undergo imprisonment for a period of
15 not less than 90 days.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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