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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, KITCHEN AND M. WHITE, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for |
3 | probationary license. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 1554(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania |
7 | Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 1554. Probationary license. |
9 | * * * |
10 | (b) Petition.-- |
11 | (1) An applicant for a probationary license must file a |
12 | petition with the department by certified mail setting forth |
13 | in detail the need for operating a motor vehicle. The |
14 | petition shall be on a form prescribed by the department and |
15 | shall identify the specific motor vehicles the petitioner |
16 | seeks permission to operate. The petition shall include the |
17 | operator's name, address and operator number and proof of |
18 | financial responsibility. The department may require |
19 | additional information as well as verification of the |
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1 | information contained in the petition. All fines, costs and |
2 | restoration fees must be paid at the time of the petition. |
3 | (2) Before being eligible to petition for a probationary |
4 | license, a person must have served and earned credit toward |
5 | serving the following terms of suspension or revocation for |
6 | offenses enumerated in sections 1532 (relating to suspension |
7 | of operating privilege), 1539 (relating to suspension of |
8 | operating privilege on accumulation of points) and 1543 |
9 | (relating to driving while operating privilege is suspended |
10 | or revoked): |
11 | (i) A person with one to seven offenses must have |
12 | earned credit for at least a [three-year] one and one- |
13 | half year term of suspension or revocation. |
14 | (ii) A person with 8 to 14 offenses must have earned |
15 | credit for at least a [four-year] two-year term of |
16 | suspension or revocation. |
17 | (iii) A person with 15 to 21 offenses must have |
18 | earned credit for at least a [five-year] two and one-half |
19 | year term of suspension or revocation. |
20 | (iv) A person with 22 or more offenses must have |
21 | earned credit for at least a [six-year] three-year term |
22 | of suspension or revocation. |
23 | (3) The applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the |
24 | department that the applicant has not driven a motor vehicle |
25 | during the minimum period of suspension or revocation. |
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27 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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