PRINTER'S NO. 2694
No. 2044 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY MICOZZIE, CIVERA, FABRIZIO, GERGELY, GRUCELA,
HORSEY, JAMES, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, MANDERINO, READSHAW,
SATHER, E. Z. TAYLOR, WASHINGTON, WILT, WOJNAROSKI AND
YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for renewal of registration and
3 for expiration and renewal of drivers' licenses.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1309 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 23, 2002 (P.L. 1982,
8 No.229), is amended to read:
9 § 1309. Renewal of registration.
10 At least 60 days prior to the expiration of each
11 registration, the department shall send to the registrant an
12 application for renewal of registration and a copy of the most
13 current driver's manual published by the department. Upon return
14 of the application, accompanied by self-certification of
15 financial responsibility and the applicable fee or fees, the
16 department shall send to the registrant a renewed registration
17 card. An application for renewal of registration for a motor
1 carrier vehicle shall also be accompanied by self-certification
2 of current safety inspection. Failure to receive a renewal
3 application shall not relieve a registrant from the
4 responsibility to renew the registration.
5 Section 2. Section 1514(a) of Title 75 is amended to read:
6 § 1514. Expiration and renewal of drivers' licenses.
7 (a) General rule.--Every driver's license shall expire on
8 the day after the licensee's birthdate at intervals of not more
9 than four years as may be determined by the department. Every
10 license shall be renewable on or before its expiration upon
11 application, payment of the required fee, and satisfactory
12 completion of any examination required or authorized by this
13 chapter. At such time as the department sends an application for
14 the renewal of a driver's license to a licensee, the department
15 shall enclose a copy of the most current driver's manual
16 published by the department.
17 * * *
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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