THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, KITCHEN AND M. WHITE, FEBRUARY 20, 2009

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 20, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in licensing of drivers, further providing for

probationary license.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1554(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1554.  Probationary license.

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(b)  Petition.--

(1)  An applicant for a probationary license must file a

petition with the department by certified mail setting forth

in detail the need for operating a motor vehicle. The

petition shall be on a form prescribed by the department and

shall identify the specific motor vehicles the petitioner

seeks permission to operate. The petition shall include the

operator's name, address and operator number and proof of

financial responsibility. The department may require

additional information as well as verification of the

information contained in the petition. All fines, costs and

restoration fees must be paid at the time of the petition.

(2)  Before being eligible to petition for a probationary

license, a person must have served and earned credit toward

serving the following terms of suspension or revocation for

offenses enumerated in sections 1532 (relating to suspension

of operating privilege), 1539 (relating to suspension of

operating privilege on accumulation of points) and 1543

(relating to driving while operating privilege is suspended

or revoked):

(i)  A person with one to seven offenses must have

earned credit for at least a [three-year] one and one-

half year term of suspension or revocation.

(ii)  A person with 8 to 14 offenses must have earned

credit for at least a [four-year] two-year term of

suspension or revocation.

(iii)  A person with 15 to 21 offenses must have

earned credit for at least a [five-year] two and one-half

year term of suspension or revocation.

(iv)  A person with 22 or more offenses must have

earned credit for at least a [six-year] three-year term

of suspension or revocation.

(3)  The applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the

department that the applicant has not driven a motor vehicle

during the minimum period of suspension or revocation.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.