PRINTER'S NO. 1321
No. 1140 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE, THOMAS, HERMAN,
TIGUE, FAIRCHILD, BELFANTI, WALKO, STABACK, SHANER, LAUGHLIN,
WOJNAROSKI, SOLOBAY, WANSACZ, PRESTON, HORSEY, WATERS,
C. WILLIAMS, CIVERA, HARHAI, J. WILLIAMS, FREEMAN AND
COLAFELLA, MARCH 22, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 22, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for suspension of operating
3 privileges.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1532(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1532. Suspension of operating privilege.
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10 (b) Suspension.--
11 (1) The department shall suspend the operating privilege
12 of any driver for six months upon receiving a certified
13 record of the driver's conviction of or an adjudication of
14 delinquency based on any offense under the following
15 provisions:
16 Section 3367 (relating to racing on highways).
17 Section 3734 (relating to driving without lights to
1 avoid identification or arrest).
2 Section 3736 (relating to reckless driving).
3 Section 3743 (relating to accidents involving damage
4 to attended vehicle or property).
5 (2) The department shall suspend the operating privilege
6 of any driver for six months upon receiving a certified
7 record of the driver's conviction of a subsequent offense
8 under section 1501(a) (relating to drivers required to be
9 licensed) if the prior offense occurred within five years of
10 the violation date of the subsequent offense.
11 (3) The department shall suspend the operating privilege
12 of any driver for 12 months upon receiving a certified record
13 of the driver's conviction of section 3731 (relating to
14 driving under influence of alcohol or controlled substance)
15 or 3733 (relating to fleeing or attempting to elude police
16 officer), or substantially similar offenses reported to the
17 department under Article III of section 1581 (relating to
18 Driver's License Compact), or an adjudication of delinquency
19 based on section 3731 or 3733. The department shall suspend
20 the operating privilege of any driver for six months upon
21 receiving a certified record of a consent decree granted
22 under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 63 (relating to juvenile matters) based
23 on section 3731 or 3733.
24 (4) The department shall suspend the operating privilege
25 of any driver for three months upon receiving a certified
26 record of the driver's conviction of section 1371 (relating
27 to operation following suspension of registration) or an
28 adjudication of delinquency based on section 1371.
29 (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), for offenses
30 substantially similar to those defined by section 3731 which
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1 are reported to the department under Article III of section
2 1581, the department shall suspend the driver's operating
3 privilege for a lesser period of time if the driver
4 participated in a program of accelerated rehabilitative
5 disposition or an equivalent in the reporting state and
6 participation in a program of accelerated rehabilitative
7 disposition in this Commonwealth would have resulted in a
8 lesser period of suspension.
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10 Section 2. This section shall take effect immediately.
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