PRINTER'S NO. 1379
No. 1098 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF AND HOLL, OCTOBER 9, 2001
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 9, 2001
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 2 Statutes, further providing for probationary licenses. 3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 4 hereby enacts as follows: 5 Section 1. Section 1554(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania 6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 7 § 1554. Probationary license. 8 * * * 9 (b) Petition.-- 10 (1) An applicant for a probationary license must file a 11 petition with the department by certified mail setting forth 12 in detail the need for operating a motor vehicle. The 13 petition shall be on a form prescribed by the department and 14 shall identify the specific motor vehicles the petitioner 15 seeks permission to operate. The petition shall include the 16 operator's name, address and operator number and proof of 17 financial responsibility. The department may require
1 additional information as well as verification of the 2 information contained in the petition. All fines, costs and 3 restoration fees must be paid at the time of the petition. 4 (2) Before being eligible to petition for a probationary 5 license, a person must have served and earned credit toward 6 serving the following terms of suspension or revocation for 7 offenses enumerated in sections 1532 (relating to revocation 8 or suspension of operating privilege), 1539 (relating to 9 suspension of operating privilege on accumulation of points) 10 and 1543 (relating to driving while operating privilege is 11 suspended or revoked): 12 (i) A person with one to seven offenses must have 13 earned credit for at least a [three-year] one and one- 14 half year term of suspension or revocation. 15 (ii) A person with 8 to 14 offenses must have earned 16 credit for at least a [four-year] two-year term of 17 suspension or revocation. 18 (iii) A person with 15 to 21 offenses must have 19 earned credit for at least a [five-year] two and one-half 20 year term of suspension or revocation. 21 (iv) A person with 22 or more offenses must have 22 earned credit for at least a [six-year] three-year term 23 of suspension or revocation. 24 (3) The applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the 25 department that the applicant has not driven a motor vehicle 26 during the minimum period of suspension or revocation. 27 * * * 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. H29L75JS/20010S1098B1379 - 2 -