PRINTER'S NO. 2106
No. 1656 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY RAYMOND, ADOLPH, BARRAR, BROWNE, BUNT, CAPPELLI,
CRAHALLA, CRUZ, DALEY, DeWEESE, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE,
FICHTER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HERMAN, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON,
KELLER, KENNEY, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LEDERER, LEWIS, MAJOR, MANN,
McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, NICKOL, O'NEILL,
PALLONE, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR,
SCHRODER, SEMMEL, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN, R. STEVENSON,
SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE, WALKO, WASHINGTON,
WATERS, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND SAINATO, JUNE 18, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 18, 2003
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(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
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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 Commonwealth resident, six years of age or
1 older, who has made application [therefor in such manner
2 as the department shall prescribe or]. The person shall,
3 at a minimum, provide the department with an official
4 birth certificate or birth record as prescribed by the
5 department and other information required by the
6 department to prove the person's name, date of birth,
7 Social Security number and proof of residency. The
8 application of any person under the age of 18 years shall
9 be signed by the father, mother, guardian or person in
10 loco parentis, which signature shall be verified before a
11 person authorized to administer oaths or before an
12 authorized department employee. The application of any
13 married person under the age of 18 years may be signed by
14 the person's spouse, if the spouse is at least 18 years
15 of age, and verified before a person authorized to
16 administer oaths.
17 (ii) A person whose driver's license has been
18 surrendered to the department because of a suspension or
19 revocation of an operating privilege under this or any
20 other title.
21 (2) The identification card shall have substantially the
22 same content as a driver's license but shall clearly indicate
23 that it is not a driver's license.
24 (3) Upon failure of any person to pass any examination
25 required under section 1514 (relating to expiration and
26 renewal of drivers' licenses), the department shall, where
27 appropriate, issue a complimentary identification card as an
28 expression of gratitude for years of safe driving. The card
29 shall only be issued upon receipt of the person's driver's
30 license.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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