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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PETRARCA, BRENNAN, CREIGHTON, DALEY, DeLUCA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, KOTIK, KULA, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MUNDY, SIPTROTH, THOMAS AND YOUNGBLOOD, AUGUST 13, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 13, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Titles 66 (Public Utilities) and 75 (Vehicles) of the |
2 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for |
3 | identification requirements for railroad employees; and |
4 | further providing for carrying and exhibiting driver's |
5 | license on demand. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
9 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
10 | § 2710. Identification requirements for railroad employees. |
11 | Employees of the railroad shall carry photo identification |
12 | furnished them by the railroad on their person at all times. |
13 | Section 2. Section 1511 of Title 75 is amended to read: |
14 | § 1511. Carrying and exhibiting driver's license on demand. |
15 | (a) General rule.--[Every] Except as provided in subsection |
16 | (a.1), every licensee shall possess a driver's license issued to |
17 | the licensee at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall |
18 | exhibit the license upon demand by a police officer, and when |
19 | requested by the police officer the licensee shall write the |
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1 | licensee's name in the presence of the officer in order to |
2 | provide identity. |
3 | (a.1) Exception.--Engineers, conductors, brakemen or other |
4 | members of the crew of a locomotive or train being operated upon |
5 | rails, including operation on a railroad crossing over a public |
6 | street, road or highway, shall not be required to exhibit their |
7 | driver's license upon demand by a police officer in connection |
8 | with the operation of a locomotive or train within this |
9 | Commonwealth. |
10 | (b) Production to avoid penalty.--No person shall be |
11 | convicted of violating this section or section 1501(a) (relating |
12 | to drivers required to be licensed) if the person: |
13 | (1) produces at the headquarters of the police officer |
14 | who demanded to see the person's license, within 15 days of |
15 | the demand, a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth at |
16 | the time of the demand; or |
17 | (2) if a citation has been filed, produces at the office |
18 | of the issuing authority, within 15 days of the filing of the |
19 | citation, a driver's license valid in this Commonwealth on |
20 | the date of the citation. |
21 | Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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