Bill Text: PA SB540 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-02 - Referred to TRANSPORTATION [SB540 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB540-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 547
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 540 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, BAKER, BROWNE, FERLO, FONTANA, KITCHEN, LOGAN, MUSTO, O'PAKE, STACK, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE AND WASHINGTON, MARCH 2, 2009
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 2, 2009
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, amended November 26, 2008 (P.L.1658, No.
133), 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, 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, except that communication
disability information under subsection (k) shall be included on
the license. Information other than that required to identify
the licensee, communication disability information under
subsection (k), 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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(k) Communication disability.--The department shall include
information concerning a person's communication disability,
including, but not limited to, a speech or hearing disability,
on that person's license.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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