PRINTER'S NO. 477
No. 265 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY MOWERY, WHITE, EARLL, LEMMOND AND BOSCOLA,
FEBRUARY 24, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 24, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for sentences for second or
3 subsequent convictions.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6503 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 21, 1998 (P.L. ,
8 No.151), is amended to read:
9 § 6503. Subsequent convictions of certain offenses.
10 (a) General offenses.--Every person convicted of a second or
11 subsequent violation of any of the following provisions within
12 seven years of the date of the commission of the offense for
13 which a sentence is to be imposed shall be sentenced to pay a
14 fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or to
15 imprisonment for not more than six months, or both:
16 Section 1543 (relating to driving while operating
17 privilege is suspended or revoked).
18 Section 3367 (relating to racing on highways).
1 Section 3733 (relating to fleeing or attempting to elude
2 police officer).
3 Section 3734 (relating to driving without lights to avoid
4 identification or arrest).
5 Section 3748 (relating to false reports).
6 (b) Driving without a license.--Every person convicted of a
7 second or subsequent violation of Section 1501(a) (relating to
8 drivers required to be licensed) within seven years of the date
9 of commission of the offense preceding the offense for which
10 sentence is to be imposed shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
11 not less than $200 nor more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for
12 not more than six months, or both.
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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