Pennsylvania Act 1992-38 — VEHICLES (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND LEARNERS' PERMIT

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VEHICLES (75 PA.C.S.) - AMEND LEARNERS' PERMIT
                  Act of May 21, 1992, P.L. 245, No. 38               Cl. 75
                             Session of 1992
                               No. 1992-38

     HB 1263

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
        Statutes, further providing for adult accompaniment of
        persons holding learners' permits.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 1505(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 1505.  Learners' permits.
        * * *
        (b)  Learner must be accompanied.--A learner's permit
     entitles the person to whom it was issued to drive vehicles and
     combinations of vehicles of the class or classes specified, but
     only while the holder of the learner's permit is accompanied by
     and under the immediate supervision of a person who is at least
     18 years of age and who:
            (1)  is licensed in this Commonwealth to drive vehicles
        of the class then being driven by the holder of the learner's
        permit; and
            (2)  is actually occupying a seat beside the holder of
        the learner's permit unless the vehicle is a motorcycle.
        * * *
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 21st day of May, A. D. 1992.

     ROBERT P. CASEY