PRINTER'S NO. 1326
No. 1145 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, GEIST, READSHAW, BELARDI, CALTAGIRONE,
THOMAS, SAYLOR, TIGUE, CORRIGAN, BELFANTI, WALKO, STABACK,
GRUCELA, SHANER, LAUGHLIN, SOLOBAY, WANSACZ, PRESTON, HORSEY,
WATERS, CIVERA, MANDERINO, HARHAI, J. WILLIAMS 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 Department of Transportation
3 records.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1516(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1516. Department records.
9 * * *
10 (b) Accidents and convictions.--The department shall file
11 all accident reports and abstracts of court records of
12 convictions received by it under the laws of this Commonwealth
13 and maintain actual or facsimile records or make suitable
14 notations in order that the records of each licensee showing
15 convictions of the licensee, any departmental action initiated
16 against the licensee regarding a reportable accident in which
17 the licensee was involved, and the traffic accidents shall be
1 available for official use. Court abstracts and certifications
2 of conviction and accident reports submitted to the department
3 under the laws of this Commonwealth shall be considered as
4 records of the department and the department may store such
5 documents in accordance with the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 6109
6 (relating to photographic copies of business and public records)
7 and may enter into evidence copies of such documents in
8 accordance with the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 6103 (relating to
9 proof of official records). Such copies shall be admissible into
10 evidence to support the department's case in an appeal of a
11 department action taken under Chapter 13 (relating to
12 registration of vehicles), 15 (relating to licensing of
13 drivers), 16 (relating to commercial drivers) or 17 (relating to
14 financial responsibility) of this title, and the certification
15 shall constitute prima facie proof of the facts and information
16 contained in the court abstract or certification of conviction
17 or accident report. The department may not disclose to a
18 nongovernmental entity its file on an accident where the
19 licensee has been adjudicated not to be at fault. These records
20 shall also be made available to the courts for sentencing
21 purposes.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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