Bill Text: PA HB1654 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for issuance and content of driver's license.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-10 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1654 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HB1654-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2074
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1654 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY SAINATO, BARRAR, DeWEESE, DAVIS, BOBACK, BARBIN, BAKER, AUMENT, FABRIZIO, FARRY, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, KAUFFMAN, KAVULICH, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, CUTLER, DALEY, MANN, MIRABITO, MURPHY, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PAYNE, PYLE, READSHAW, SANTONI, SWANGER, TALLMAN, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WHITE, DONATUCCI AND BROOKS, JUNE 10, 2011
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 10, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for issuance and content of
driver's license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1510(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 1510. Issuance and content of driver's license.
(a) General rule.--The department shall, upon payment of the
required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's
license indicating the type or general class of vehicles the
licensee is authorized to drive and any endorsements or
restrictions, which license, except as provided in subsection
(j), shall contain a distinguishing number assigned by the
department to the licensee, the actual name, date of birth,
residence address, a color photograph or photographic facsimile
of the licensee, information identifying the licensee as a
veteran if applicable, such other information as may be required
by the department, and either a facsimile of the signature of
the licensee or a space upon which the licensee shall write his
usual signature with pen and ink. Program participants in the
Address Confidentiality Program under 23 Pa.C.S. Ch. 67
(relating to domestic and sexual violence victim address
confidentiality) may use a substitute address designated by the
Office of Victim Advocate as their address. Personal medical
data and other information for use in an emergency may be
included as a part of the license. Information other than that
required to identify the licensee, the distinguishing number and
the class of license issued may be included in microdata form.
Except as provided in subsection (f), an applicant shall include
his Social Security number on his license application, but the
Social Security number shall not be included on the license. No
driver's license shall be valid until it has been signed by the
licensee.
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(b.1) Veteran designation.--A person may apply to the
department to obtain a veteran designation on a driver's license
or identification card issued under this subchapter by providing
a United States Department of Defense discharge document,
otherwise known as a DD Form 214, that shows a discharge status
of "honorable" or "general under honorable conditions" that
establishes the person's service in the armed forces of the
United States.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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