THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SIMMONS, AUMENT, BAKER, BARBIN, BARRAR, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BROOKS, R. BROWN, CAUSER, CLYMER, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, GEORGE, GINGRICH, HARHART, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, F. KELLER, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MARSICO, MULLERY, PYLE, READSHAW, SAINATO, SCAVELLO, SONNEY, STEVENSON, TOOHIL AND VULAKOVICH, MAY 1, 2012

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, MAY 1, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, providing for veteran identification

cards.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 7703.  Veteran identification card.

(a)  Identification card.--The Department of Transportation

shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue an identification

card to any Pennsylvania resident who meets all of the

following:

(1)  Served in the United States Armed Forces, including

a reserve component or the National Guard.

(2)  Was honorably discharged or released from the

service.

(3)  Has made application in the manner prescribed by the

Department of Transportation.

(b)  Issuance.--Issuance of an identification card to a

person under this section shall serve as a legal document for

purposes of identification within this Commonwealth. It shall be

the duty of the department to verify the status of a person

seeking an identification card under this section using form

DD-214 or form NGB-22 in conjunction with either of the

following forms of identification:

(1)  A valid identification card issued by any other

executive agency of the Commonwealth.

(2)  A valid identification card issued by the United

States Government.

(c)  Contents.--An identification card issued under this

section shall clearly indicate that the person is a veteran and

shall contain the appropriate mark or insignia of the branch of

the United States Armed Forces the veteran served in or its

reserve component, including the National Guard. Upon

application by the veteran, the identification card shall

include the mark or insignia for each branch the veteran served

in of the United States Armed Forces or its reserve component.

(d)  Substitute address.--Program participants in the Address

Confidentiality Program may use a substitute address designated

by the Office of Victim Advocate as their address.

(e)  Driver's license.--The identification card shall have

substantially the same content as a driver's license issued

under 75 Pa.C.S. § 1510 (relating to issuance and content of

driver's license) but shall clearly indicate that it is not a

driver's license.

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