PRINTER'S NO. 2354
No. 1803 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY RAYMOND, ADOLPH, ARGALL, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARRAR,
BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BLAUM, BOYD, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE,
CAPPELLI, CORNELL, CREIGHTON, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS,
FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FREEMAN, GANNON, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY,
GINGRICH, GOOD, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY,
HERMAN, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, LEDERER, MAITLAND,
MAJOR, MANN, McGEEHAN, McILHATTAN, R. MILLER, O'NEILL,
PETRARCA, PETRI, PHILLIPS, PYLE, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, B. SMITH,
SOLOBAY, STABACK, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, TIGUE,
WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI AND ZUG, JUNE 28, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 28, 2005
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, amended November 30, 2004 (P.L.1474,
8 No.188), is amended to read:
9 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
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11 (b) Identification card.--
12 (1) The department shall, upon payment of the required
13 fee, issue an identification card to any [person] of the
14 following:
1 (i) A Commonwealth resident, six years of age or
2 older, who has made application [therefor in such manner
3 as the department shall prescribe or]. The person shall,
4 at a minimum, provide the department with an official
5 birth certificate or birth record as prescribed by the
6 department and other information required by the
7 department to prove the person's name, date of birth,
8 Social Security number and proof of residency. The
9 application of any person under the age of 18 years shall
10 be signed by the father, mother, guardian or person in
11 loco parentis, which signature shall be verified before a
12 person authorized to administer oaths or before an
13 authorized department employee. The application of any
14 married person under the age of 18 years may be signed by
15 the person's spouse, if the spouse is at least 18 years
16 of age, and verified before a person authorized to
17 administer oaths.
18 (ii) A person whose driver's license has been
19 surrendered to the department because of a suspension or
20 revocation of an operating privilege under this or any
21 other title.
22 (2) Program participants in the Address Confidentiality
23 Program under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 67 may use a substitute address
24 designated by the Office of Victim Advocate as their address.
25 (3) The identification card shall have substantially the
26 same content as a driver's license but shall clearly indicate
27 that it is not a driver's license.
28 (4) Upon failure of any person to pass any examination
29 required under section 1514 (relating to expiration and
30 renewal of drivers' licenses), the department shall, where
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1 appropriate, issue a complimentary identification card as an
2 expression of gratitude for years of safe driving. The card
3 shall only be issued upon receipt of the person's driver's
4 license.
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6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 120 days.
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