Bill Text: PA HB1323 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for occupational limited license.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-22 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [HB1323 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HB1323-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1583
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1323 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, BRENNAN, KIRKLAND, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MYERS, PARKER, PAYTON, PRESTON, SCAVELLO, WANSACZ, WATERS AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 22, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 22, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, further providing for occupational limited license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1553(d)(10) and (d.1) of Title 75 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1553. Occupational limited license.
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(d) Unauthorized issuance.--The department shall prohibit
issuance of an occupational limited license to:
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(10) [Any] Except as set forth in subsection (d.1) or
(d.2), any person whose operating privilege has been
suspended pursuant to [either section 13(m) of the act of
April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled
Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, or] section 1532(c)
(relating to suspension of operating privilege) unless the
suspension imposed has been fully served.
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(d.1) Adjudication eligibility.--[An individual who has been
convicted of an offense under section 3802 (relating to driving
under influence of alcohol or controlled substance) and does not
have a prior offense as defined in section 3806(a) (relating to
prior offenses)] The following individuals shall be eligible for
an occupational limited license only if the individual has
served 60 days of the suspension imposed for the offense[.]:
(1) An individual who has been convicted of an offense
under section 3802 and does not have a prior offense as
defined in section 3806(a).
(2) An individual whose operating privilege has been
suspended under section 1532(c) for a conviction of an
offense involving the possession, sale, delivery, offering
for sale, holding for sale or giving away of any controlled
substance under the laws of the United States, this
Commonwealth or any other state and does not have a prior
offense. For purposes of this paragraph, any conviction under
any Federal or state law relating to any controlled substance
or other drug shall constitute a prior offense if it related
to the type of conduct against which a subsequent offense is
directed.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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