PRINTER'S NO. 1308
No. 1076 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DENT, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for licensing eligibility.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1503(c) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
7 § 1503. Persons ineligible for licensing; license issuance to
8 minors; junior driver's license.
9 * * *
10 (c) Junior driver's license.--The department may issue a
11 junior driver's license to a person 16 or 17 years of age under
12 rules and regulations adopted by the department and subject to
13 the provisions of this section. A junior driver's license shall
14 automatically become a regular driver's license when the junior
15 driver attains 18 years of age.
16 * * *
17 (5) A licensed junior driver shall not drive a vehicle
1 in which there are more than two passengers under 21 years of 2 age unless the licensed junior driver is accompanied by a 3 spouse 18 years of age or older, a parent or a person in loco 4 parentis. 5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. G13L75VDL/19990S1076B1308 - 2 -