PRINTER'S NO. 2337
No. 1594 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, THOMPSON, STOUT, HELFRICK, BOSCOLA,
COSTA, WAUGH, TOMLINSON, TARTAGLIONE AND WOZNIAK,
NOVEMBER 21, 2000
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 21, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for content of driver's license
3 or identification card.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1510(a) and (b) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
9 (a) General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
10 required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
11 license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
12 licensee is authorized to drive and any endorsements or
13 restrictions, which license shall contain a distinguishing
14 number assigned by the department to the licensee, the actual
15 name, date of birth, residence address, a color photograph or
16 photographic facsimile of the licensee, at the option of the
17 licensee, the blood type of the licensee, such other information
18 as may be required by the department, and either a facsimile of
1 the signature of the licensee or a space upon which the licensee
2 shall write his usual signature with pen and ink. Personal
3 medical data and other information for use in an emergency may
4 be included as a part of the license. Information other than
5 that required to identify the licensee, the distinguishing
6 number and the class of license issued may be included in
7 microdata form. Except as provided in subsection (f), an
8 applicant shall include his Social Security number on his
9 license application, but the Social Security number shall not be
10 included on the license. No driver's license shall be valid
11 until it has been signed by the licensee.
12 (b) Identification card.--The department shall, upon payment
13 of the required fee, issue an identification card to any person
14 who has made application therefor in such manner as the
15 department shall prescribe or whose driver's license has been
16 surrendered to the department because of a suspension or
17 revocation of an operating privilege under this or any other
18 title. The identification card shall have substantially the same
19 content as a driver's license, including the option for listing
20 blood type but shall clearly indicate that it is not a driver's
21 license. Upon failure of any person to pass any examination
22 required under section 1514 (relating to expiration and renewal
23 of drivers' licenses), the department shall, where appropriate,
24 issue a complimentary identification card as an expression of
25 gratitude for years of safe driving. The card shall only be
26 issued upon receipt of the person's driver's license.
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28 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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